Modingwana Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

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

Modingwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Modingwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa941:576,35944,560
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Modingwana (28) may also be a first name.

Modingwana Last Name Facts

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

Modingwana is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Modingwana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Modingwana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Modingwana is the 1,894,523rd most common family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name Modingwana is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Modingwana are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Modingwana is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 28 people.

The last name Modingwana is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 576,359. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 62 percent are found, North West, where 24 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 9 percent are found. Aside from South Africa Modingwana exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Scotland, where 1 percent are found.

Modingwana Last Name Statistics demography

Modingwana earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.58% more than the national average, earning R 250,896 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Modingwane90371/
Madingwana90120/
Medingwana902/
Modengwana901/
Madingwane80641/
Madengwana8034/
Modengwane801/
Modincwane801/
Madengwane7091/
Madengwani704/
Madimgwane701/

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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 Modingwana
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