Mokgetwa Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

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

Mokgetwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokgetwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678

Mokgetwa (14) may also be a first name.

Mokgetwa Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Mokgetwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mokgetwa is the 3,798,600th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Mokgetwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mokgetwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held given name on earth, held by 14 people.

The surname Mokgetwa is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 48 percent are found, Gauteng, where 44 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 4 percent are found.

Mokgetwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mokgetwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.5% less than the national average, earning R 81,996 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mokgethwa94646/
Mogetwa931/
Mogethwa886/
Mokgotwa884/
Makgetwa882/
Mokgothwa826/
Makgethwa823/
Mokgethwe821/
Mogotwa802/
Mogatwa801/
Makgotwa7528/
Mogothwa752/
Mokgetui751/
Magedwa673/
Mogoidwa631/
Mugidwa5330/
Magadwa532/
Mogodua531/
Magatua531/
Magidwad502/
Mangitua501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Mokgetwa
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