Mdelwa Surname

839,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 328 people bear this surname

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

Mdelwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mdelwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3271:165,68118,511
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mdelwa (695) may also be a first name.

Mdelwa Last Name Facts

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

Mdelwa has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mdelwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Mdelwa? popularity and diffusion

Mdelwa is the 839,220th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdelwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 313,557th most common given name world-wide, held by 695 people.

It is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 327 people, or 1 in 165,681. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 68 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 15 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Besides South Africa it occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Mdelwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mdelwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.51% less than the national average, earning R 89,088 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mdlwa918/
Mdehelwa861/
Mdlewa8340/
Mdilwa831/
Mdelwe831/
Mdlwo731/
Mdleba671/
Mdlui551/
Mdlebe5029/
Mdluhi502/
Mdhlui501/

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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 Mdelwa
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