Mbongwa Surname

77,161st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,343 people bear this surname

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

Mbongwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbongwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6,1711:8,7791,106
Tanzania941:563,20935,741
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
England71:7,959,723202,100
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Mbongwa (1,207) may also be a first name.

Mbongwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mbongwa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbongwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mbongwa is the 77,161st most widespread surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,148,912 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbongwa live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mbongwa is also the 227,976th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 1,207 people.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 6,171 people, or 1 in 8,779. In South Africa Mbongwa is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 77 percent live, Gauteng, where 14 percent live and Free State, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Mbongwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mbongwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.6% less than the national average, earning R 148,296 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
  • 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 Mbongwa
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