Mdongwa Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mdongwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mdongwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1261:420,17229,494
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476

Mdongwa Last Name Facts

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

Mdongwa has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mdongwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Mdongwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,537,949th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name Mdongwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdongwa live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mdongwa is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 420,172. In Tanzania Mdongwa is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 95 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live and Pwani Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Mdongwa occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mdhongwa932/
Mdogwa92312/
Mdongwe86376/
Mdungwa8631/
Mdangwa8612/
Mdomgwa861/
Mdhongwe801/
Mdagwa77121/
Mdokwa771/
Mdangwe71204/
Mdungwe713/
Mdongui711/
Mdankwa711/
Mdaukwa571/
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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 Mdongwa
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