Magwaba Surname
Approximately 311 people bear this surname
Magwaba Surname User-submission:
The Magwaba surname comes from ugwaba gwaba, sounds of bulls fighting. Magwaba then means 'bull fighting'.
Magwaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 213 | 1:254,355 | 25,748 |
| Zimbabwe | 96 | 1:160,815 | 20,064 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Magwaba (28) may also be a first name.
Magwaba Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Magwaba surname comes from ugwaba gwaba, sounds of bulls fighting. Magwaba then means 'bull fighting'.
- smagwabaMagwaba Demographics
Average Magwaba Salary in
South Africa
R 184,068
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Magwaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magwaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Magwaba is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Magwaba.
How Common Is The Last Name Magwaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 870,423rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 23,432,624 people. The last name Magwaba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Magwaba reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Magwaba is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 28 people.
It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 213 people, or 1 in 254,355. In South Africa Magwaba is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 54 percent are found, Gauteng, where 19 percent are found and North West, where 14 percent are found. Beside South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 31 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Magwaba Last Name Statistics demography
Magwaba earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 22.54% less than the national average, earning R 184,068 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magqwaba | 93 | 33 | / |
| Makgwaba | 93 | 1 | / |
| Magwabha | 93 | 1 | / |
| Maigwaiba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Makwaba | 86 | 298 | / |
| Magbaba | 86 | 226 | / |
| Magweba | 86 | 69 | / |
| Magwabi | 86 | 4 | / |
| Magwabo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mogwaba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maqwaba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Makwaeba | 80 | 925 | / |
| Makwaiba | 80 | 272 | / |
| Magqwabe | 80 | 21 | / |
| Manguaba | 80 | 3 | / |
| Magcweba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makwayba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makwatba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makgwabi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Magwavha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mcwaba | 77 | 11 | / |
| Mangqwabi | 75 | 5 | / |
| Magwabije | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mangqwabe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mankwaiba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Makweba | 71 | 627 | / |
| Makwabe | 71 | 558 | / |
| Makwabi | 71 | 70 | / |
| Makwava | 71 | 24 | / |
| Magwebo | 71 | 21 | / |
| Maquaba | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mokwaba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maqwabe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Macwabe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mocwaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mogwabe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mogweba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Megwabo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwoba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwabo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Magbabe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Macuaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwaibe | 67 | 74 | / |
| Mokgweba | 67 | 28 | / |
| Maikwabo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mongwabi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Makwaabi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mokwaiba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mokwaeba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mogcwabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makwoeba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makweeba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makwaebo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Manqwabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moghwabo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mongwabo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maïkwabo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Magbeabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makwaiva | 67 | 1 | / |
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