Mdete Surname
Approximately 1,256 people bear this surname
Mdete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,254 | 1:42,218 | 4,800 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Mdete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mdete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mdete occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mdete? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 302,272nd most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 5,802,186 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdete are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,254 people, or 1 in 42,218. In Tanzania Mdete is most frequent in: Njombe Region, where 33 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 29 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 19 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mdeste | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mdet | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mdeta | 80 | 253 | / |
| Mdate | 80 | 119 | / |
| Mdhet | 80 | 9 | / |
| Mdest | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mdote | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mdeti | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mdeed | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mdeits | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mdeiti | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Deti | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mdhite | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mdheed | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mdjehed | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mdheath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mdjt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mded | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mehedate | 62 | 4 | / |
| Mdoti | 60 | 180 | / |
| Mditi | 60 | 3 | / |
| Mdeid | 60 | 2 | / |
| Mdoty | 60 | 1 | / |
| Mdist | 60 | 1 | / |
| Mdied | 60 | 1 | / |
| Mdothi | 55 | 194 | / |
| Mdityo | 55 | 8 | / |
| M'Deid | 55 | 2 | / |
| Mdotie | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mdatui | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mddati | 55 | 1 | / |
| M'Died | 55 | 1 | / |
| M'Deyd | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mdytjs | 55 | 1 | / |
| M'Dothi | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Mdete
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis