Mkwae Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

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

Mkwae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkwae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mkwae Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mkwae is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkwae? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,057,639th most frequent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkwae are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa Mkwae is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 71 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 7 percent live and Free State, where 7 percent live. Not including South Africa it is found in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 7 percent live.

Mkwae Last Name Statistics demography

Mkwae earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.9% less than the national average, earning R 128,568 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkwahe91206/
Mkwawe9117/
Mkwaye918/
Mkwaje911/
Mkweu802,015/
Mkwai80982/
Mkway80192/
Mkwoe801/
Mkwayi731,413/
Mkwayu731,114/
Mkwaya73831/
Mkweji73366/
Mkweha73199/
Mkweya73121/
McWhae7332/
Mkwaju7324/
Mkwaai7311/
Mkweja735/
Mkweye734/
Mkwayo734/
McKway732/
Mghwae732/
Mkwaji732/
Mkweyi732/
McKwee731/
Mcwahe731/
Mgwaye731/
Mkwaiy731/
Mkwaja731/
Mengwae672/
Menkwei671/
Mnkwayi671/
Mncwaye671/
Minkwey671/

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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 Mkwae
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