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

The surname Mnakwa is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mnakwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Mnakwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,106,139th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mnakwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 21 people.

Mnakwa is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 685,794. In South Africa Mnakwa 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. Outside of South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also found 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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