Magwalu Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

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

Magwalu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magwalu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa601:902,96258,308
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Magwalu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Magwalu is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Magwalu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,333,370th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Magwalu are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 902,962. In South Africa Magwalu is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 70 percent live, Gauteng, where 28 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 2 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 9 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

Magwalu Last Name Statistics demography

Magwalu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.4% less than the national average, earning R 163,020 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mangwalu931/
Mang'walu884/
Megwalu86219/
Makwalu8674/
Magbalu861/
Macwalu861/
Makwaslu805/
M'Akwalu802/
Magualeu801/
Magweleu801/
Makwelu715/
Magbolu712/
Mogbalu711/
Makualu711/
Mokwalau671/
Mogbolu571,305/
Mokwelu5713/
Muokwelu5327/
Mmokwelu531/
Moukwelu531/
Mokwuelu531/

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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
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  • 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 Magwalu
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