Magwegwe Surname

353,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,030 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Magwegwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magwegwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe8641:17,8682,632
South Africa1041:520,93941,780
Botswana501:43,7398,388
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Magwegwe (549) may also be a first name.

Magwegwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Magwegwe is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Magwegwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Magwegwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 353,485th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 7,075,287 people. Magwegwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Magwegwe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 359,531st most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 549 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 864 people, or 1 in 17,868. In Zimbabwe Magwegwe is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 23 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 19 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 19 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 10 percent are found and Botswana, where 5 percent are found.

Magwegwe Last Name Statistics demography

Magwegwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.11% less than the national average, earning R 142,332 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
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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 Magwegwe
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