Mkandi Surname

446,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 763 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mkandi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkandi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4811:110,06610,624
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
Zimbabwe651:237,51126,018
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
England101:5,571,806158,774
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mkandi (18) may also be a first name.

Mkandi Last Name Facts

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

Mkandi is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Mkandi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkandi? popularity and diffusion

Mkandi is the 446,740th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,551,174 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mkandi live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mkandi is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 18 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 481 people, or 1 in 110,066. In Tanzania Mkandi is primarily concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 91 percent live, Arusha Region, where 2 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 24 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live.

Mkandi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Muslim (67%) in Kenya.

Mkandi earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.02% less than the national average, earning R 187,692 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkhandi921,571/
Mgkandi921/
Mkandiy921/
McKandie8671/
Mkanda838,025/
Mkande831,151/
Mcandi8351/
Mkondi839/
Mqandi832/
Mkhanda77104/
Mkhande7718/
Mkhandy777/
Mkandha776/
Mkandaa772/
Mmkande771/
Mkandoa771/
Mkaunda771/
M'Kondi771/
M'Kanda771/
McKandes7126/
McKanday7116/
McCandie7110/
M'Ckanda711/
McCandis711/
McKanndy711/
Mhkhanda711/
Mkonda676,598/
Mkonde672,344/
Mqondi6723/
McCandish675/
Mqande672/
Mckatende671/

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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 Mkandi
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