Muduwa Surname
Approximately 13,055 people bear this surname
Muduwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 12,659 | 1:3,084 | 528 |
| Zimbabwe | 268 | 1:57,605 | 8,734 |
| Zambia | 105 | 1:150,952 | 10,816 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Muduwa (25) may also be a first name.
Muduwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muduwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muduwa is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muduwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 40,179th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 558,219 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muduwa reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 25 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 12,659 people, or 1 in 3,084. In Uganda Muduwa is most prevalent in: Sironko District, where 34 percent reside, Mbale District, where 26 percent reside and Bulambuli District, where 18 percent reside. Other than Uganda Muduwa is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside and Zambia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mudhuwa | 92 | 40 | / |
| Muduhwa | 92 | 32 | / |
| Mudduwa | 92 | 15 | / |
| Muduuwa | 92 | 9 | / |
| Muduiwa | 92 | 2 | / |
| Muuduwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mguduwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Muduwaa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Moudouwa | 86 | 34 | / |
| Mudhuhwa | 86 | 11 | / |
| Mudouwah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mudushwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mudiwa | 83 | 2,498 | / |
| Muduva | 83 | 612 | / |
| Muduba | 83 | 154 | / |
| Miduwa | 83 | 89 | / |
| Moduwa | 83 | 86 | / |
| Muduwe | 83 | 30 | / |
| Muduwo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mudhuchwa | 80 | 23 | / |
| Mudhuva | 77 | 347 | / |
| Mudueva | 77 | 41 | / |
| Mudihwa | 77 | 32 | / |
| Muiduba | 77 | 27 | / |
| Mudhuba | 77 | 25 | / |
| Muuduva | 77 | 20 | / |
| Mudhiwa | 77 | 9 | / |
| Muduvat | 77 | 9 | / |
| Muduuba | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mudubai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Muduvai | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mudiewa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mudiwah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mudubha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muduuva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mudduba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mudduwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Motduwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Modouwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Modhuwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moudouba | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mudhihwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Moudouva | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mudouvat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muiduvau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moudouwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muduve | 67 | 190 | / |
| Mudube | 67 | 111 | / |
| Mudiwo | 67 | 91 | / |
| Moduwe | 67 | 30 | / |
| Mudowo | 67 | 29 | / |
| Mudubi | 67 | 23 | / |
| Mudowi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Mudiva | 67 | 12 | / |
| Moudoubah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mudubo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muduvi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Midiwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mudowe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moduwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moduwi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Muduwa
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