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
Mdende is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mdende? popularity and diffusion
It is the 906,170th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. The last name Mdende occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdende live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mdende is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 269 people, or 1 in 196,809. In Tanzania Mdende is mostly concentrated in: Iringa Region, where 67 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent reside and Singida Region, where 3 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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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