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 in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Magwere? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 341,330th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 6,772,812 people. Magwere occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Magwere reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Magwere is also the 2,084,397th most numerous first name on earth, held by 26 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,058 people, or 1 in 14,592. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 34 percent reside, Harare Province, where 27 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 20 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

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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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