Mncwabe Surname

33,339th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,931 people bear this surname

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

Mncwabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mncwabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa15,9151:3,404451
England101:5,571,806158,774
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Mncwabe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mncwabe is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mncwabe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 33,339th most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 457,444 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mncwabe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 15,915 people, or 1 in 3,404. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 84 percent live, Gauteng, where 8 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 3 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Mncwabe Last Name Statistics demography

Mncwabe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.96% less than the national average, earning R 135,540 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mngcwabe9315/
Mngwabe8639/
Mncwaba8619/
Mncwabi866/
Mncuabe862/
Mncwobe861/
Mnkwabe861/
Mnqwabe861/
Mngcwaba805/
Mngwabi71176/
Mnqwabi712/
Mngwaba712/
Mnkwaba711/
M'Ngwabi671/
Mnguave571/

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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 Mncwabe
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