Pendama Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Pendama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pendama 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
Zimbabwe731:211,48324,106
India131:59,005,029552,550

Pendama (21) may also be a first name.

Pendama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pendama (Marathi: पडमा, Oriya: େପାମା) is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pendama? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,020,555th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Pendama live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 21 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 211,483. In Zimbabwe Pendama is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 77 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 12 percent live and Harare Province, where 11 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe Pendama exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent live.

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
Pendame861,965/
Pendamo86171/
Pendoma8649/
Pindama8646/
Pendema867/
Pendami862/
Pendaamo804/
Pindamay801/
Pindahama75464/
Pindoma7126/
Pendome7116/
Pindami715/
Pendomo711/
Pindamo711/
Pindhomme500/
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Pendama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pendama in the Oriya language
େପାମାepama-
Pendama in the Marathi language
पडमाpadama80
पदमाpadama20

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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 Pendama
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