Mundawa Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Mundawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mundawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Mundawa (18) may also be a first name.

Mundawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mundawa is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mundawa? popularity and diffusion

Mundawa is the 3,665,662nd most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Mundawa are found; 48 percent are found in Southern Africa and 48 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mundawa is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 18 people.

This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: National Capital District, where 58 percent live, Chimbu, where 33 percent live and Morobe, where 8 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea Mundawa is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 41 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mundawah9310/
Mundhawa934/
Mhundawa931/
Mundawath883/
Mundowa86380/
Mundaba86237/
Mundava86186/
Mundewa8667/
Mondawa864/
Mundawe862/
Mundavad801,646/
Mundhava8077/
Mundavat8043/
Mundaeva804/
Mundavai802/
Muindawe801/
Mundeawe801/
Moundaba801/
Mundhavaj754/
Mundabi71197/
Mondowa71152/
Mundowe71101/
Mundova7163/
Mundowi7155/
Mundeva7140/
Mundave7133/
Mundoba7127/
Mondawe7121/
Mondawo715/
Mundavi713/
Mundabe712/
Mundabo711/
Mundaby711/
Mumdavad67197/
Mundovha6741/
Mundhave6719/
Mundosva677/
Munduiva676/
Mundhowi675/
Mundaver674/
Mundabey672/
Moundabe672/
Mundovah671/
Mundohwe671/
Mhondowa671/
Mundabii671/

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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 Mundawa
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