Magwizi Surname

456,246th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 742 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Magwizi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magwizi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe7091:21,7753,273
Botswana171:128,64318,229
England51:11,143,612252,590
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Magwizi (47) may also be a first name.

Magwizi Last Name Facts

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

Magwizi has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Magwizi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 456,246th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,821,490 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Magwizi reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 47 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 709 people, or 1 in 21,775. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 35 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 35 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 13 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 2 percent are found and England, 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 Magwizi
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