Magwa Surname
Approximately 4,890 people bear this surname
Magwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3,077 | 1:17,607 | 2,214 |
| Tanzania | 453 | 1:116,869 | 11,189 |
| Zimbabwe | 314 | 1:49,166 | 7,510 |
| Uganda | 244 | 1:159,997 | 13,888 |
| Cameroon | 226 | 1:91,899 | 11,008 |
| Nigeria | 209 | 1:847,573 | 37,299 |
| Kenya | 140 | 1:329,856 | 20,127 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Philippines | 58 | 1:1,745,487 | 112,199 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Magwa (278) may also be a first name.
Magwa Demographics
Average Magwa Salary in
United States
$34,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Magwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Magwa occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Magwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 97,128th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,490,296 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Magwa live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Magwa is also the 532,586th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 278 people.
The surname Magwa is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 3,077 people, or 1 in 17,607. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 52 percent live, Western Cape, where 15 percent live and Free State, where 12 percent live. Barring South Africa it exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 9 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
Magwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Maronite (100%) in Lebanon.
The amount Magwa earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 42.01% less than the national average, earning R 137,796 per year and in United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.
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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 Magwa
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