Madikwa Surname

311,581st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,208 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Madikwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Madikwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,1831:45,7975,849
Lesotho231:88,37210,414
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Madikwa (229) may also be a first name.

Madikwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Madikwa is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Madikwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Madikwa is the 311,581st most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 6,032,737 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Madikwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Madikwa is also the 593,349th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 229 people.

The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,183 people, or 1 in 45,797. In South Africa Madikwa is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 62 percent live, Western Cape, where 17 percent live and Gauteng, where 11 percent live. Excluding South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.

Madikwa Last Name Statistics demography

Madikwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.35% less than the national average, earning R 120,372 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maidikwa93695/
Maidickwa883/
Madikwe861,354/
Modikwa861,040/
Madukwa86968/
Madekwa86137/
Madigwa8616/
Madikwo862/
Madikua861/
Maidigwa8010/
Madikgwe808/
Maduekwa802/
Maduikwe802/
Mmadukwa801/
Maidjkwa801/
Maidikwe801/
Maidicwa801/
Maidekwa801/
Madithkwo752/
Mmaduekwa751/
Modikwe711,914/
Madegwa711,836/
Madigwe71273/
Madekwe71155/
Modukwa7125/
Madukwo717/
Madugwa713/
Medekwa713/
Madikui711/
Madicwe711/
Madukua711/
Modekwa711/
Mmadigwe6720/
Mmadukwo674/
Mmadekwe674/
Madegwah672/
Mmadugwa672/

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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 Madikwa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis