Magwete Surname

550,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Magwete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magwete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5771:93,89611,466
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Magwete Last Name Facts

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

The surname Magwete is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Magwete? popularity and diffusion

The surname Magwete is the 550,571st most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 12,564,734 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Magwete are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 577 people, or 1 in 93,896. In South Africa it is most common in: Limpopo, where 37 percent are found, Gauteng, where 35 percent are found and North West, where 22 percent are found. Beside South Africa Magwete exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Magwete Last Name Statistics demography

Magwete earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.05% less than the national average, earning R 135,336 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 Magwete
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