Mgwagwa Surname

688,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 430 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mgwagwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mgwagwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2021:76,42711,271
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
South Africa911:595,35945,471
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091

Mgwagwa (34) may also be a first name.

Mgwagwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mgwagwa is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mgwagwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mgwagwa is the 688,723rd most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,947,781 people. Mgwagwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgwagwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mgwagwa is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 34 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 76,427. In Zimbabwe Mgwagwa is most frequent in: Midlands Province, where 55 percent reside, Harare Province, where 16 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 30 percent reside and South Africa, where 21 percent reside.

Mgwagwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mgwagwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.47% less than the national average, earning R 70,176 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkgwakgwa881/
Mgwagwi861/
Mgwagwe861/
Mingwangwa821/
Mgwangwe801/
Mqwangqwa753/
Mkwakwa71217/
Mqwaqwa714/
Mgwakwe711/
Mgbagba711/
Mqwanqwa674/
Mnkwakwa672/
Mgwaghbo671/
Mnqwanqwa638/
Mkwakwi57221/
Mkwakwe5744/
Mgbagbo574/
Mgbokwa573/
Mgbagui571/
Mgbagbe571/
Mkwangwa531/
Mkwankwe531/
Mkwaghve531/

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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 Mgwagwa
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