Mgwayi Surname
Approximately 530 people bear this surname
Mgwayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 529 | 1:102,415 | 12,393 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mgwayi Demographics
Average Mgwayi Salary in
South Africa
R 106,236
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mgwayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgwayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mgwayi is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgwayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mgwayi is the 589,215th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,750,087 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgwayi live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 529 people, or 1 in 102,415. In South Africa Mgwayi is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent reside, Western Cape, where 15 percent reside and Gauteng, where 14 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Mgwayi Last Name Statistics demography
Mgwayi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.3% less than the national average, earning R 106,236 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mngwayi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mgcwayi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mgwai | 91 | 6 | / |
| Mengwayi | 86 | 19 | / |
| Mkwayi | 83 | 1,413 | / |
| Mghwai | 83 | 522 | / |
| Mqwayi | 83 | 134 | / |
| Mcwayi | 83 | 11 | / |
| Mghway | 83 | 6 | / |
| Mgwaya | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mgwaji | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mgwoyi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mgwayo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mgwaye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mngwaya | 77 | 238 | / |
| Mghwayo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mgwayah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mengway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mnkwayi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkwai | 73 | 982 | / |
| McWay | 73 | 243 | / |
| Mkway | 73 | 192 | / |
| Mgbai | 73 | 13 | / |
| Mguai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mguay | 73 | 0 | / |
| Mingkway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mkwayu | 67 | 1,114 | / |
| Mkwaya | 67 | 831 | / |
| Mgbaji | 67 | 244 | / |
| Mgwiji | 67 | 136 | / |
| McWaid | 67 | 71 | / |
| Mgbaya | 67 | 51 | / |
| Mqwayo | 67 | 30 | / |
| McGuay | 67 | 26 | / |
| Mkwaai | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mgweji | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mkwaye | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mgwaja | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mgboyi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mkwayo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mgweya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mgbeyi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mgbaye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mqwaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| McKway | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mkwaji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mghwae | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mkweyi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mgweja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mgwija | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Gbai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgwoja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mkwaiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| McCway | 67 | 1 | / |
| McWait | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mcqway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgweye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mnguai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mcwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mguaid | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mgwayi
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