Magwere Surname

341,330th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,076 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Magwere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magwere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,0581:14,5922,025
England61:9,286,343223,652
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Magwere (26) may also be a first name.

Magwere Last Name Facts

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

The last name Magwere is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Magwere? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 341,330th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 6,772,812 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Magwere are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Magwere is also the 2,084,397th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 26 people.

The last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,058 people, or 1 in 14,592. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 34 percent are found, Harare Province, where 27 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 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
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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 Magwere
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