Mengwai Surname

605,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 512 people bear this surname

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

Mengwai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mengwai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5051:107,28312,937
England21:27,859,030389,889
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Mengwai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mengwai is found most in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mengwai? popularity and diffusion

Mengwai is the 605,571st most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 14,233,488 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mengwai are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Mengwai is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 505 people, or 1 in 107,283. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 51 percent are found, Gauteng, where 41 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 6 percent are found. Barring South Africa Mengwai is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and American Samoa, where 0 percent are found.

Mengwai Last Name Statistics demography

Mengwai earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.25% less than the national average, earning R 137,232 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mengwayi9319/
Mengwa92564/
Mengwi92381/
Mngwai925/
Menghwa86205/
Meng'wa86147/
Muengwa8627/
Mengwei8617/
Mengwie869/
Miengwa866/
Moengwa866/
Mengwae862/
Maengwa862/
Mingwai862/
Mmengwa862/
Meengwa861/
Mengwah861/
Mengw'a861/
Mengway861/
Mngwayi861/
Meungwa861/
Memngwa861/
Men'gwa861/
Mngwa8313/
Mengweha80223/
Meenghwa8015/
Mengwieh802/
M'Mengwa801/
Mengweiy801/
Moengqwa801/
Meungkwa801/
Mengui77290/
Mengwe77283/
Mengua77261/
Mengba77159/
Mingwa77132/
Menkwi7715/
Memgwa7710/
Menkwa774/
Mnghwa773/
Memgwi773/
Mingwi771/
Mengbi771/
Mnguai771/
Mngwha771/
Menghwadh751/
Muungwa71256/
Mngwaya71238/
Maengwe7188/
Menguah7173/
Mienkwa7142/
Moengwe7128/
Mingwei7127/
Menguad7121/
Muengwe7121/
Mingway7120/
Menghui7119/
Menguay7119/
Mengbay719/
Mmingwa719/
Mngwaja718/
Mengweh717/
Menghua715/
Mingwah713/
Mnengwe713/
Minghwa713/
Minguai712/
Muingwa712/
Mnkwayi711/
Mengvad711/
Meenkwa711/
Menngui711/
Muengua711/
Menguas711/
Menggui711/
Mingwat711/
Menguea711/
Menkwei711/
Mingbai711/
Mngwe67407/
Menghuat6730/
Mngba6729/
Mengveha678/
Menngbay676/
Mngbi675/
Mngua672/
Mengquie672/
Ming'hwa671/
Mingweii671/
Menguass671/
Mehngbay671/
M'Ningwa671/
Menghuie671/
Menghwer671/
Mengouhi671/
Menguaje671/
Mengueya671/
Menguiyo671/
Mingkway671/
Mngui671/

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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
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  • 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 Mengwai
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