Mangwedi Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

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

Mangwedi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mangwedi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2711:199,91821,433
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Botswana41:546,73222,624
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Mangwedi (266) may also be a first name.

Mangwedi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mangwedi is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mangwedi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mangwedi is the 924,083rd most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 25,480,930 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mangwedi reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mangwedi is also the 545,281st most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 266 people.

The last name Mangwedi is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 271 people, or 1 in 199,918. In South Africa Mangwedi is most common in: Gauteng, where 49 percent live, North West, where 28 percent live and Limpopo, where 14 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.

Mangwedi Last Name Statistics demography

Mangwedi earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 11.99% more than the national average, earning R 266,136 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 Mangwedi
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