Magweni Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Magweni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magweni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Magweni (15) may also be a first name.

Magweni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Magweni has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Magweni? popularity and diffusion

Magweni is the 4,908,606th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Magweni is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Magweni live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name on earth, held by 15 people.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 86 percent are found and Gauteng, where 14 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 44 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 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 Magweni
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