Magwela Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Magwela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Magwela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magwela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Magwela is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Magwela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,017,195th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Magwela reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 3,611,847. In South Africa Magwela is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 87 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 7 percent are found and North West, where 7 percent are found. Not including South Africa Magwela exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 36 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 21 percent are found.
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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 Magwela
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