Modiwa Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Modiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Modiwa (10) may also be a first name.
Modiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Modiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Modiwa is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Modiwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Modiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Modiwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Modiwa reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Modiwa is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 10 people.
The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa Modiwa is most common in: Gauteng, where 50 percent reside and Limpopo, where 50 percent reside. Apart from South Africa Modiwa occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mgodiwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mhodiwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Modishwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Modiba | 83 | 23,797 | / |
| Mudiwa | 83 | 2,498 | / |
| Madiwa | 83 | 1,522 | / |
| Moduwa | 83 | 86 | / |
| Modewa | 83 | 58 | / |
| Mediwa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Modiva | 83 | 2 | / |
| Modiwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Moudiba | 77 | 134 | / |
| Madoiwa | 77 | 55 | / |
| Moidiva | 77 | 44 | / |
| Madihwa | 77 | 39 | / |
| Mudihwa | 77 | 32 | / |
| Madhiwa | 77 | 22 | / |
| Mudiowa | 77 | 21 | / |
| Madeiwa | 77 | 12 | / |
| Madaiwa | 77 | 11 | / |
| Mudhiwa | 77 | 9 | / |
| Modieva | 77 | 9 | / |
| Madiwoa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mudeiwa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mgudiwa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Modibai | 77 | 6 | / |
| Modivah | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mudiewa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Modeawa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Modivay | 77 | 3 | / |
| Moudewa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mudiwah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Muduiwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Madiwai | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mudijwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Modiova | 77 | 1 | / |
| Modivai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Motduwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Modhuwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mgadiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Madhihwa | 71 | 97 | / |
| Madheiwa | 71 | 7 | / |
| Moydieva | 71 | 3 | / |
| Modhibai | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mudhihwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Moudioua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Madishwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moudaywa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mudheiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mudeihwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Madiba | 67 | 14,969 | / |
| Modibo | 67 | 3,951 | / |
| Maduwa | 67 | 2,970 | / |
| Mudiba | 67 | 906 | / |
| Modibe | 67 | 514 | / |
| Madewa | 67 | 447 | / |
| Madiva | 67 | 396 | / |
| Modeva | 67 | 303 | / |
| Mudiwi | 67 | 269 | / |
| Madiwo | 67 | 209 | / |
| Mudiwo | 67 | 91 | / |
| Mediva | 67 | 58 | / |
| Mudewa | 67 | 54 | / |
| Medewa | 67 | 37 | / |
| Madiwe | 67 | 37 | / |
| Madiwi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Mudiva | 67 | 12 | / |
| Modibi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Modeba | 67 | 10 | / |
| Modebi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Modivi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Moduva | 67 | 4 | / |
| Meduwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Modevi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mudywa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Modjua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Modywi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Madywa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Médéwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moduwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Modewi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Modıba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Modiwa
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