Mgewu Surname
Approximately 404 people bear this surname
Mgewu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 387 | 1:139,994 | 16,127 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
Mgewu (49) may also be a first name.
Mgewu Demographics
Average Mgewu Salary in
South Africa
R 96,264
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mgewu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgewu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mgewu is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgewu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 721,185th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 18,038,480 people. The surname Mgewu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgewu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mgewu is also the 1,430,306th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 49 people.
It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 387 people, or 1 in 139,994. In South Africa Mgewu is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 52 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent live and North West, where 10 percent live. Not including South Africa Mgewu exists in one country. It is also common in Botswana, where 4 percent live.
Mgewu Last Name Statistics demography
Mgewu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.49% less than the national average, earning R 96,264 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 Mgewu
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