Magwava Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Magwava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Magwava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magwava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Magwava is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Magwava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Magwava live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 812,539. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 95 percent are found and Harare Province, where 5 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangwava | 93 | 26 | / |
| Magwavha | 93 | 1 | / |
| Magweva | 86 | 322 | / |
| Makwava | 86 | 24 | / |
| Magqwaba | 80 | 33 | / |
| Makwaiva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Magwabha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makwaivha | 75 | 3 | / |
| Maigwaiba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Makwawa | 71 | 367 | / |
| Makweva | 71 | 273 | / |
| Magbaba | 71 | 226 | / |
| Magbowa | 71 | 17 | / |
| Mogwawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokwava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maqwaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Magbawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwasvo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mokgwawa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mogwaswa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makwayba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Magbauwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Magwava
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