Mnakwa Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

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

Mnakwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mnakwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa791:685,79449,549
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Mnakwa (21) may also be a first name.

Mnakwa Last Name Facts

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

Mnakwa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mnakwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,106,139th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name Mnakwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mnakwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mnakwa is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 21 people.

The last name Mnakwa is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 685,794. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 38 percent are found, North West, where 25 percent are found and Gauteng, where 19 percent are found. Not including South Africa it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Mnakwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mnakwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.27% less than the national average, earning R 80,148 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mnekwa833/
Mnokwa833/
Mnagwa831/
Mnakwe831/
Mnonkwa771/
Mngagwa771/
Mnangwai711/
Mnokwe6776/
Mnegwa671/
Mn'hagwi571/
Mnogwe509/
Mnagbo502/

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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 Mnakwa
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