Mdamu Surname
Approximately 2,026 people bear this surname
Mdamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,735 | 1:30,514 | 3,622 |
| Kenya | 283 | 1:163,180 | 12,702 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Mdamu (128) may also be a first name.
Mdamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mdamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mdamu occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mdamu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mdamu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 204,923rd most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,597,012 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdamu live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 821,896th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 128 people.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,735 people, or 1 in 30,514. In Tanzania Mdamu is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 20 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 16 percent are found and Njombe Region, where 15 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 14 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mdamu
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