Mekgwe Surname
Approximately 4,351 people bear this surname
Mekgwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4,057 | 1:13,354 | 1,680 |
| Botswana | 281 | 1:7,783 | 1,364 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mekgwe (158) may also be a first name.
Mekgwe Demographics
Average Mekgwe Salary in
South Africa
R 199,860
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mekgwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekgwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekgwe is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mekgwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekgwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 107,252nd most common family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,674,913 people. The surname Mekgwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekgwe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mekgwe is also the 730,165th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 158 people.
The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 4,057 people, or 1 in 13,354. In South Africa it is most common in: North West, where 67 percent live, Gauteng, where 23 percent live and Free State, where 5 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 6 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Mekgwe Last Name Statistics demography
Mekgwe earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 15.9% less than the national average, earning R 199,860 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 Mekgwe
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