Chichewa edit

Etymology edit

From Tumbuka.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /m.ka.ⁿdaˈwí.ɽe/

Proper noun edit

Mkandawíre

  1. a surname from Tumbuka

Statistics edit

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mkandawire was the 4th most common surname in Malawi (162 836 persons = 1.0 percent of the population) and the 75th most common surname in Zambia (23 490 persons = 0.2 percent of the population).