Mdeya Surname
Approximately 640 people bear this surname
Mdeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 635 | 1:83,373 | 8,512 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mdeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mdeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mdeya is most common in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mdeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 510,931st most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 11,386,790 people. The last name Mdeya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdeya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Mdeya is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 635 people, or 1 in 83,373. In Tanzania Mdeya is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 53 percent are found, Njombe Region, where 28 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mdeeya | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mdey | 89 | 9 | / |
| Mdea | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mdiya | 80 | 1,603 | / |
| Mduya | 80 | 301 | / |
| Mdoya | 80 | 244 | / |
| Mdaya | 80 | 241 | / |
| Hmdey | 80 | 122 | / |
| Mdeja | 80 | 55 | / |
| Mdeyi | 80 | 13 | / |
| Mddey | 80 | 6 | / |
| M'Dey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mhdey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mdeae | 80 | 1 | / |
| M'Daya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mdayaz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mdouya | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Deye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mdhiya | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Deyd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mdoe | 67 | 20,381 | / |
| Mdee | 67 | 6,922 | / |
| Mdau | 67 | 1,136 | / |
| Mdue | 67 | 354 | / |
| Mday | 67 | 201 | / |
| Mdaa | 67 | 184 | / |
| Mdai | 67 | 162 | / |
| Mdoy | 67 | 49 | / |
| Mdae | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mdie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mdeehha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mdgahey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mdoa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mdye | 67 | 2 | / |
| M'Deiha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mdheath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mdei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mdej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mdaj | 67 | 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 Mdeya
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