Mgiwu Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

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

Mgiwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mgiwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054

Mgiwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mgiwu is most common in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mgiwu.

How Common Is The Last Name Mgiwu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Mgiwu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgiwu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa Mgiwu is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent are found.

Mgiwu Last Name Statistics demography

Mgiwu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 88.3% less than the national average, earning R 27,804 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Miwu89215/
Mjiwu80448/
Mgewu80404/
Miwou8064/
Maiwu8023/
Meiwu808/
Miwuh803/
Miwut801/
Maiwou7316/
Msiwau734/
Misswu732/
Miwouh732/
Meiwou731/
Mmaiwu731/
Mzoiwu731/
Mibu672,764/
Mewu67142/
Mivu6748/
Mchiwau674/
Mjwu671/
Mihwouh671/

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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 Mgiwu
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