Mdota Surname

291,938th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,310 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mdota Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mdota Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,3091:40,4444,624
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800

Mdota Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mdota occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mdota click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mdota? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mdota is the 291,938th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,563,012 people. Mdota occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdota live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,309 people, or 1 in 40,444. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Iringa Region, where 47 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania Mdota is found in one country. It is also common in Saint Lucia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mdotha9165/
Mdotta9113/
Mduta80359/
Mdata80290/
Mdeta80253/
Mdoti80180/
Mdote804/
Mdoty801/
Mdothi73194/
Mdatta7311/
Mdatha736/
Mdutha734/
Mdutta731/
Mdouty731/
Mdatot731/
Mdotie731/
Mdooter677/
Mdootyo671/
M'Dothi671/
M'Douti671/
Mdutoit671/
Mdate60119/
Mduti602/
Mdati601/
Mdato601/
Mdatui551/
Mddati551/
Mdahto551/
Mdates550/
Mdather5031/
Mdhuthi502/
Mdashti501/

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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 Mdota
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