Mwandayi Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Mwandayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 59 | 1:261,665 | 27,736 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Mwandayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwandayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwandayi is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwandayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwandayi is the 2,414,640th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwandayi live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 261,665. In Zimbabwe Mwandayi is most common in: Harare Province, where 64 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 22 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwandai | 93 | 67 | / |
| Mwanday | 93 | 45 | / |
| Mwandaji | 88 | 138 | / |
| Muandayi | 88 | 21 | / |
| Mwandaya | 88 | 3 | / |
| Mwandayo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwandaye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwandau | 80 | 468 | / |
| Mwandaj | 80 | 404 | / |
| Mwandaa | 80 | 125 | / |
| Mwandea | 80 | 65 | / |
| Mwandei | 80 | 61 | / |
| Mwandoa | 80 | 22 | / |
| Muandai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Muanday | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwandye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbandai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwandiya | 75 | 66 | / |
| Mbandaye | 75 | 56 | / |
| Mwandoyo | 75 | 9 | / |
| Mwandeja | 75 | 6 | / |
| Mwandeya | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mwandioa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Muandaji | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mwandije | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwandoye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwandeye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwandaja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbandaya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muhandaya | 71 | 13 | / |
| Muhandaji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwandue | 67 | 48 | / |
| Mbandey | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mbonday | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muandaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbandea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muonday | 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
- 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 Mwandayi
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