Mogwasa Surname

1,082,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 228 people bear this surname

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

Mogwasa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mogwasa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2191:247,38725,203
Botswana41:546,73222,624
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mogwasa (10) may also be a first name.

Mogwasa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mogwasa is most common in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mogwasa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,082,743rd most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 31,962,921 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mogwasa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name in the world, held by 10 people.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 247,387. In South Africa Mogwasa is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 46 percent reside, Gauteng, where 41 percent reside and North West, where 8 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.

Mogwasa Last Name Statistics demography

Mogwasa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.77% less than the national average, earning R 155,016 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 Mogwasa
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