Mduya Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mduya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mduya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3001:176,47215,403
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Mduya (20) may also be a first name.

Mduya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mduya is found most in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mduya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mduya is the 891,661st most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. Mduya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mduya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mduya is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 20 people.

The surname Mduya is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 300 people, or 1 in 176,472. In Tanzania Mduya is most prevalent in: Dodoma Region, where 50 percent reside, Manyara Region, where 28 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mdouya911/
Mdiya801,603/
Mdeya80640/
Mdoya80244/
Mdaya80241/
Mduyo801/
Mduha801/
Mdayaz731/
Mdhiya731/
Mdeeya731/
M'Daya731/
Mdau671,136/
Mdue67354/
Mday67201/
Mdaa67184/
Mdai67162/
Mdou67158/
Mdui6774/
Mdoy6749/
Mdey679/
Mdae678/
Mdoa672/
Mdye672/
Mdaj671/
Mdea671/

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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 Mduya
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