Magwaza Surname
Approximately 39,074 people bear this surname
Magwaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 29,793 | 1:1,818 | 225 |
| Tanzania | 3,898 | 1:13,582 | 1,759 |
| Zimbabwe | 3,611 | 1:4,275 | 380 |
| Malawi | 1,124 | 1:15,231 | 2,380 |
| Swaziland | 278 | 1:4,670 | 333 |
| Namibia | 111 | 1:21,706 | 3,718 |
| Botswana | 94 | 1:23,265 | 4,701 |
| England | 93 | 1:599,119 | 35,891 |
| Lesotho | 39 | 1:52,117 | 8,022 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Magwaza (609) may also be a first name.
Magwaza Demographics
Average Magwaza Salary in
United States
$6,417 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Magwaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magwaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Magwaza is most common in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Magwaza? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 14,257th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 186,506 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Magwaza reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 338,553rd most widespread first name in the world, borne by 609 people.
The surname Magwaza is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 29,793 people, or 1 in 1,818. In South Africa it is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 77 percent live, Gauteng, where 11 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 5 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 28 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 10 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live.
Magwaza Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Magwaza earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 40.75% less than the national average, earning R 140,796 per year and in United States they earn 85.13% less than the national average, earning $6,417 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 Magwaza
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