Mwandamo Surname

906,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwandamo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mwandamo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2931:180,68815,725
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mwandamo Last Name Facts

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

Mwandamo is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mwandamo.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwandamo? popularity and diffusion

Mwandamo is the 906,170th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwandamo live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Mwandamo is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 293 people, or 1 in 180,688. In Tanzania Mwandamo is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 68 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 32 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwandama884,706/
Mwandemo88353/
Mwandauma824/
Mwandamah822/
Mbandama75403/
Muandama751/
Mwandoma751/
Mvandama751/
M'Bandama71268/
Mwaindoma711/
Mbandoma63980/
Mbandouma593/
Mbondoma5054/
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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 Mwandamo
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