Mkwanyana Surname

633,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 482 people bear this surname

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

Mkwanyana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkwanyana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4821:112,40213,510

Mkwanyana Last Name Facts

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

Mkwanyana is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkwanyana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 633,196th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. The surname Mkwanyana occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkwanyana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 482 people, or 1 in 112,402. In South Africa Mkwanyana is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 84 percent are found, Gauteng, where 10 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 2 percent are found.

Mkwanyana Last Name Statistics demography

Mkwanyana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.32% less than the national average, earning R 72,900 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkhwanyana958/
Mkwanyane8922/
Mcwanyana895/
Mkwenyana893/
Mgwanyana891/
Mkuanyana891/
Mkwanjana891/
Mkwanyani891/
Mkhwanjana841/
Mngwanyana841/
Mnkwanyane841/
Mgwenyana7859/
Mcwenyana784/

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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 Mkwanyana
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