Margwe Surname
Approximately 10,597 people bear this surname
Margwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10,595 | 1:4,997 | 677 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Margwe (298) may also be a first name.
Margwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Margwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Margwe has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Margwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 48,633rd most frequently used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 687,699 people. Margwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Margwe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Margwe is also the 510,666th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 298 people.
Margwe is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 10,595 people, or 1 in 4,997. In Tanzania Margwe is most common in: Manyara Region, where 85 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 9 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Margwe occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margwet | 92 | 1 | / |
| Maringwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Margue | 83 | 369 | / |
| Margwa | 83 | 19 | / |
| Margve | 83 | 9 | / |
| Markwe | 83 | 8 | / |
| Mergwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Margbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Margwetch | 80 | 0 | / |
| Markwei | 77 | 1,554 | / |
| Markwed | 77 | 21 | / |
| Marguey | 77 | 19 | / |
| Mmarkwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Marguei | 77 | 2 | / |
| Margouet | 71 | 122 | / |
| Marengue | 71 | 28 | / |
| Marqweis | 71 | 11 | / |
| Margquez | 71 | 6 | / |
| Marqwues | 71 | 5 | / |
| Margques | 71 | 2 | / |
| Marqwuez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Marqwess | 71 | 1 | / |
| Marque | 67 | 5,179 | / |
| Margui | 67 | 133 | / |
| Marcue | 67 | 133 | / |
| Morgue | 67 | 124 | / |
| Markwa | 67 | 14 | / |
| Margva | 67 | 7 | / |
| Markue | 67 | 5 | / |
| Margbi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Markwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Morgbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Marrengue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mairingue | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Margwe
- 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