Mkwena Surname

364,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 991 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mkwena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkwena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6541:82,84110,220
Zimbabwe2501:61,7539,307
Tanzania791:670,14739,342
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mkwena (12) may also be a first name.

Mkwena Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mkwena is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkwena? popularity and diffusion

It is the 364,266th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,353,729 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mkwena are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 12 people.

Mkwena is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 654 people, or 1 in 82,841. In South Africa Mkwena is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 38 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 21 percent are found and Gauteng, where 20 percent are found. Besides South Africa Mkwena exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 25 percent are found and Tanzania, where 8 percent are found.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mnkwena9210/
Mkhwena9210/
Mkwenha9210/
Mckwena926/
Mkwenna921/
Mkwoena921/
Mgwena83514/
Mkwana83268/
Mkwene83104/
Mkweni8311/
Mkwina838/
Mcwena833/
Mqwena832/
Mgwenga7718/
Mkwenje7712/
Mkgwana772/
Mkwengo771/
Mkwenyi771/
Mcgwena771/
Mckwana771/
Mkwenge771/
Mqukweni711/
Mqukwana711/
Mkuhenga711/
Minkwene711/
McWeenay711/
Mgweno673,496/
Mkwini67264/
Mgweni6717/
Mgwana6716/
Mgbena674/
Mqweni673/
Mquena671/
Mckweeney671/

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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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