Modungwa Surname

239,163rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,675 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Modungwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Modungwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,2301:44,0475,618
Botswana4361:5,016778
England51:11,143,612252,590
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Modungwa (106) may also be a first name.

Modungwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Modungwa occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Modungwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Modungwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 239,163rd most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 4,350,774 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Modungwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Modungwa is also the 915,176th most numerous first name in the world, held by 106 people.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 1,230 people, or 1 in 44,047. In South Africa Modungwa is most prevalent in: North West, where 44 percent live, Gauteng, where 37 percent live and Northern Cape, where 6 percent live. Barring South Africa Modungwa is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 26 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Modungwa Last Name Statistics demography

Modungwa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.43% less than the national average, earning R 167,712 per year.

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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 Modungwa
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