Mdamba Surname

260,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,510 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mdamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mdamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,2391:43,7275,578
Tanzania2661:199,02917,000
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Mdamba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mdamba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mdamba occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mdamba? popularity and diffusion

Mdamba is the 260,172nd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,826,189 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdamba live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Mdamba is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,239 people, or 1 in 43,727. In South Africa Mdamba is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 91 percent are found, Gauteng, where 4 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 18 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.

Mdamba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Mdamba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.49% less than the national average, earning R 115,284 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mdambah922/
Mdambai921/
Mdhamba921/
Mdambi8386/
Mdambo8325/
Mdemba8314/
Mdomba831/
Mdambe831/
Mdhambi772/
M'Demba771/
Mdembo6720/
Mdombi672/
Mdombe671/
Mdombo671/
Mdoumbe6214/
Mdombeu621/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mdamba
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