Mendwana Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

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

Mendwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mendwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4301:125,99514,831
Lesotho91:225,84014,831

Mendwana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mendwana occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mendwana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mendwana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 678,631st most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,600,332 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mendwana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Mendwana is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 430 people, or 1 in 125,995. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 16 percent live and Gauteng, where 7 percent live. Barring South Africa Mendwana occurs in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 2 percent live.

Mendwana Last Name Statistics demography

Mendwana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.31% less than the national average, earning R 75,312 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mndwana9313/
Mendwane8838/
Mendwano881/
Mendwani881/
Menduana881/
Mindwana881/
Mntwana80350/
Mndwane8039/
Mndwani806/
Mnthwana753/
Mintwana751/
Mindwani751/
M'Ntwana751/
Mntwani671/
Mntwane671/
Mentuane631/
Minthwani592/

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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 Mendwana
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