Mdembo Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mdembo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mdembo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania181:2,941,20149,497
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mdembo Last Name Facts

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

Mdembo is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mdembo.

How Common Is The Last Name Mdembo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,427,875th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Mdembo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdembo live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mdembo is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 2,941,201. In Tanzania Mdembo is primarily concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 50 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 50 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mdambo8325/
Mdemba8314/
Mdombo831/
M'Demba771/
Mdmba731/
Mdamba671,510/
Mdemwa67168/
Mdimba67150/
Mdomba671/
Mdymba671/
Mdhimba6212/
Mdambah622/
Mdombeu621/
Mdhamba621/
Mdimwa501/
Mdinwo501/

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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 Mdembo
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