Mgwete Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Mgwete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mgwete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgwete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mgwete occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgwete? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mgwete is the 5,391,485th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgwete live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 4,514,809. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent are found. Outside of South Africa Mgwete is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mgqwethe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mgwetieh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mgbete | 83 | 23 | / |
| Mkwete | 83 | 21 | / |
| Mgweta | 83 | 9 | / |
| Mqwete | 83 | 2 | / |
| McGwet | 83 | 0 | / |
| Mengweteh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mgwetha | 77 | 112 | / |
| Mgqwate | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mkgwate | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mgbet | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mkwet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mgqwetha | 71 | 16 | / |
| McWheter | 71 | 8 | / |
| M'Gueite | 71 | 7 | / |
| McWethey | 71 | 6 | / |
| Minkwete | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mkwate | 67 | 4,060 | / |
| Mkweta | 67 | 771 | / |
| McWest | 67 | 23 | / |
| Mkweti | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mcweta | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mqwate | 67 | 3 | / |
| McWeed | 67 | 2 | / |
| McWety | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mgwiti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgbeti | 67 | 1 | / |
| McWeather | 67 | 1 | / |
| McWeit | 67 | 0 | / |
| McWhester | 67 | 0 | / |
| McWett | 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 Mgwete
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