Margwa Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Margwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Margwa (13) may also be a first name.
Margwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Margwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Margwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Margwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Margwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Margwa live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Margwa is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent forename worldwide It is held by 13 people.
Margwa is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Margwa is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margwat | 92 | 1 | / |
| Margwe | 83 | 10,597 | / |
| Markwa | 83 | 14 | / |
| Margua | 83 | 7 | / |
| Margva | 83 | 7 | / |
| Margba | 83 | 2 | / |
| Markway | 77 | 491 | / |
| Marguay | 77 | 104 | / |
| Markwas | 77 | 58 | / |
| Markwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Margwet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Marguad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Markwaj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Marguaß | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mharqwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Margwood | 71 | 9 | / |
| Margouha | 71 | 9 | / |
| Marguadt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maringwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maringua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Marguatt | 71 | 0 | / |
| Margue | 67 | 369 | / |
| Marqua | 67 | 243 | / |
| Margui | 67 | 133 | / |
| Merkwa | 67 | 96 | / |
| Markua | 67 | 17 | / |
| Margve | 67 | 9 | / |
| Markwe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Marcua | 67 | 7 | / |
| Margbi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Markwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Morkwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Margbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Morgua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Margwetch | 67 | 0 | / |
| Marguo | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Margwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis