Mbongwe Surname

170,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,524 people bear this surname

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

Mbongwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbongwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,2031:24,5933,128
Zambia1141:139,03410,179
Cameroon1071:194,10320,154
Botswana881:24,8515,011
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mbongwe (15) may also be a first name.

Mbongwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mbongwe is most common in South Africa. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mbongwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbongwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 170,723rd most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,887,300 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbongwe are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 15 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,203 people, or 1 in 24,593. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 60 percent are found, Gauteng, where 21 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 9 percent are found. Not including South Africa Mbongwe is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.

Mbongwe Last Name Statistics demography

Mbongwe earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.69% less than the national average, earning R 193,212 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 Mbongwe
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