Magwenya Surname

639,219th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 476 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Magwenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magwenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4291:35,9875,567
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
England21:27,859,030389,889
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Magwenya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Magwenya is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Magwenya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Magwenya is the 639,219th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 15,309,970 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Magwenya are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Magwenya is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 429 people, or 1 in 35,987. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 64 percent reside, Harare Province, where 14 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 8 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

Magwenya Last Name Statistics demography

Magwenya earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 122.03% more than the national average, earning R 527,616 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 Magwenya
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