Mkwena Surname
Approximately 991 people bear this surname
Mkwena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 654 | 1:82,841 | 10,220 |
| Zimbabwe | 250 | 1:61,753 | 9,307 |
| Tanzania | 79 | 1:670,147 | 39,342 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mkwena (12) may also be a first name.
Mkwena Demographics
Average Mkwena Salary in
South Africa
R 100,404
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mkwena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkwena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkwena is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mkwena.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkwena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mkwena is the 364,266th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 7,353,729 people. Mkwena is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mkwena live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 12 people.
Mkwena is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 654 people, or 1 in 82,841. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 38 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 21 percent live and Gauteng, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa Mkwena occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 8 percent live.
Mkwena Last Name Statistics demography
Mkwena earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.75% less than the national average, earning R 100,404 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mnkwena | 92 | 10 | / |
| Mkhwena | 92 | 10 | / |
| Mkwenha | 92 | 10 | / |
| Mckwena | 92 | 6 | / |
| Mkwenna | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mkwoena | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mgwena | 83 | 514 | / |
| Mkwana | 83 | 268 | / |
| Mkwene | 83 | 104 | / |
| Mkweni | 83 | 11 | / |
| Mkwina | 83 | 8 | / |
| Mcwena | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mqwena | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mgwenga | 77 | 18 | / |
| Mkwenje | 77 | 12 | / |
| Mkgwana | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mkwengo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkwenyi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mcgwena | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mckwana | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkwenge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mqukweni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mqukwana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mkuhenga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Minkwene | 71 | 1 | / |
| McWeenay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mgweno | 67 | 3,496 | / |
| Mkwini | 67 | 264 | / |
| Mgweni | 67 | 17 | / |
| Mgwana | 67 | 16 | / |
| Mgbena | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mqweni | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mquena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mckweeney | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mkwena
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