Mdende Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Mdende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 269 | 1:196,809 | 16,828 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Mdende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mdende Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mdende is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mdende? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mdende is the 906,170th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdende are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Mdende is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 269 people, or 1 in 196,809. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Iringa Region, where 67 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent live and Singida Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mdende
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