Mamphwe Surname

465,182nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 724 people bear this surname

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

Mamphwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mamphwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7201:75,2479,347
England21:27,859,030389,889
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mamphwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mamphwe is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Mamphwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mamphwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 465,182nd most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 10,065,671 people. Mamphwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mamphwe live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 720 people, or 1 in 75,247. In South Africa Mamphwe is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 75 percent live, Gauteng, where 21 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.

Mamphwe Last Name Statistics demography

Mamphwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.64% less than the national average, earning R 152,940 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mammphwe935/
Maampwe8619/
Mamphve861/
Mampve771/
Mamhbwi711/
Mambweh711/
Mhambwe711/
Maymbwe711/
Manmbwe711/
Mmhombwe674/
Maummbwe671/
Mambue62275/
Mamfwa625/
Manvwe621/
Mmombwe575/
Muombwe571/
Monphue571/

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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 Mamphwe
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