Magwidi Surname

503,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Magwidi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magwidi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe6321:24,4283,705
England111:5,065,278148,650
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Magwidi (22) may also be a first name.

Magwidi Last Name Facts

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

Magwidi occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Magwidi? popularity and diffusion

Magwidi is the 503,100th most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. Magwidi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Magwidi reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Magwidi is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 22 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 632 people, or 1 in 24,428. In Zimbabwe Magwidi is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 51 percent live, Midlands Province, where 14 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 8 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe Magwidi exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and Malawi, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Magwidhi931/
Mangwidhi881/
Maguidi8673/
Makwidi8622/
Magwida8620/
Magwedi861/
Magwide861/
Maiguidi801/
Maigwudi801/
Maikwidi801/
Magwidha801/
Magwede711,457/
Maguide71122/
Makuidi7169/
Magweda7151/
Makwedi712/
Maguedi711/
Mogwedi711/
Megwedi711/
Maikwudi6719/
Manquidi678/
Maghwede674/
Mokgwedi672/
Magueddi672/
Maqueidi671/
Meguaidi671/
Maigvida671/
Maiguide671/
Maikwedi671/

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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 Magwidi
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