Mgwede Surname
Approximately 602 people bear this surname
Mgwede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Tanzania | 180 | 1:294,120 | 22,795 |
| South Africa | 78 | 1:694,586 | 49,962 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Mgwede Demographics
Average Mgwede Salary in
South Africa
R 114,108
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mgwede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgwede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mgwede is most common in Malawi. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgwede? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mgwede is the 535,476th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 12,105,558 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgwede reside; 70 percent reside in Southern Africa and 70 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Aside from Malawi Mgwede exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 30 percent live and South Africa, where 13 percent live.
Mgwede Last Name Statistics demography
Mgwede earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.98% less than the national average, earning R 114,108 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
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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 Mgwede
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