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

Mbongwa has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbongwa? popularity and diffusion

Mbongwa is the 77,161st most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,148,912 people. The surname Mbongwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbongwa reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 227,976th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 1,207 people.

It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 6,171 people, or 1 in 8,779. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 77 percent live, Gauteng, where 14 percent live and Free State, where 3 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs 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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