Mjikwa Surname

360,616th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,004 people bear this surname

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

Mjikwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mjikwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8961:60,4667,641
Zimbabwe1041:148,44518,938
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Mjikwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mjikwa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mjikwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 360,616th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,258,512 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mjikwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Mjikwa is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 896 people, or 1 in 60,466. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent live, Gauteng, where 12 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Mjikwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mjikwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.78% less than the national average, earning R 93,192 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mijikwa921/
Msikwa83218/
Mjikwe8312/
Myikwa834/
Mjekwa833/
Mzikwa833/
Mjigwa832/
Mjikua831/
Mgikwa831/
Mdzikwa7760/
Mienkwa7742/
Mchikwa774/
Msaikwa772/
Mshikwa772/
Mhiekwa771/
Mihekwa771/
Mujjigwa712/
Mshaikwa711/
Msigwa6741,908/
Msekwa671,257/
Myekwa67777/
Mgiqwa67141/
Mzekwa67103/
Miekwe6717/
Msiqwa676/
Mgigwa673/
Mjekwe671/
Mzykwa671/
Mgekwa671/
Miekwi671/
Miigwa671/
Mgicwa671/

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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 Mjikwa
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