Mdongo Surname

531,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 608 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mdongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mdongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5541:95,5629,509
Zimbabwe321:482,44540,356
Botswana171:128,64318,229
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England11:55,718,059489,080

Mdongo (37) may also be a first name.

Mdongo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mdongo is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mdongo.

How Common Is The Last Name Mdongo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 531,574th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 11,986,095 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdongo live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mdongo is also the 1,688,769th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 37 people.

This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 554 people, or 1 in 95,562. In Tanzania Mdongo is mostly concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 41 percent live, Shinyanga Region, where 38 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Mdongo exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live and Botswana, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mdongoi921/
Mdogo912,147/
Mdono912/
Mdonga83199/
Mdango83102/
Mdungo833/
M'Dogo832/
Mdonou831/
Mdougou777/
Mdanggo777/
Mdounou771/
Mdangoh771/
Mdong'a771/
Mdoga73377/
Mdona7333/
Mdago731/
Mdanga67730/
Mdunga67236/
Mdooga6761/
Mdonna671/
Mdangau621/
Mdoughga571/
Mdana55275/
Mdaga5551/
Mdano552/
Mdanat5037/
Mddaga501/
Mdanas501/

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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 Mdongo
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