Mkhethwa Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

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

Mkhethwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkhethwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa831:652,74348,091
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
England31:18,572,686338,250
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Mkhethwa (568) may also be a first name.

Mkhethwa Last Name Facts

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

Mkhethwa is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkhethwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mkhethwa is the 1,871,545th most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Mkhethwa reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 351,990th most widespread forename at a global level It is held by 568 people.

The last name Mkhethwa is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 652,743. In South Africa Mkhethwa is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 69 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent reside and Gauteng, where 8 percent reside. Other than South Africa Mkhethwa is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Mkhethwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mkhethwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.87% less than the national average, earning R 92,988 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkethwa9314/
Mkhetwa932/
Mhethwa932/
Mkhathwa884/
Mjhethwa883/
Mkhithwa881/
Mketwa86157/
Mhetwa861/
Mkhatwa801/
Mchetwa801/
Mqhathwa755/
Mkatwa7169/
Mqetwa716/
Mkedwa714/
Mketwe714/
Mcetwa714/
Mjetwa711/
Mkotwa711/
Mqothwa671/
Mqhatwa671/
Mcethua671/
Mcathwa671/
Mgqithwa631/
Mcedwa573/
Mcatwa573/
Mjitwa571/
Mqatwa571/
Mgedwa571/
McHeatwood561/
M'Heidwatt561/
Mhedhbei501/

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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 Mkhethwa
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