Mdumbe Surname

477,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mdumbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mdumbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5011:105,67210,279
South Africa1971:275,01427,210
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Mdumbe (78) may also be a first name.

Mdumbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mdumbe is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mdumbe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 477,400th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 10,410,780 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdumbe reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mdumbe is also the 1,091,646th most common first name at a global level, held by 78 people.

It is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 501 people, or 1 in 105,672. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Njombe Region, where 38 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 28 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.

Mdumbe Last Name Statistics demography

Mdumbe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.54% less than the national average, earning R 117,540 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mdoumbe9214/
Mdumbi8331/
Mdumba8313/
Mdimbe8310/
Mdombe831/
Mdunbe831/
Mdimbi67117/
Mdombi672/
Mdomba671/
Mdomwe671/
Mdunue671/
Mdunwa502/

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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 Mdumbe
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