Mokgweng Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mokgweng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokgweng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana1651:13,2542,545
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Mokgweng (32) may also be a first name.

Mokgweng Last Name Facts

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

Mokgweng occurs more in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokgweng? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mokgweng is the 1,328,442nd most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mokgweng are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mokgweng is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held given name internationally It is held by 32 people.

The surname Mokgweng is most widely held in Botswana, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 13,254. Barring Botswana this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Iceland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mogweng93513/
Mokweng9340/
Makgweng884/
Mokwoeng881/
Monkweng881/
Makweng801,008/
Mogueng8039/
Mocweng8028/
Mokueng8019/
Mukweng804/
Mokoueng7516/
Makwaeng759/
Mungweng754/
Mongwing751/
Moguing6725/
Mukwing6721/
Makwing6720/
Makueng6716/
Mokuing673/
Magueng672/
Magwemg671/
Mekwing671/
Mekueng671/
Mukueng671/
Makwenke631/
Mungwing631/
Mangwing631/
Makoueng631/
Makuengue591/
Makouengue561/
Maguing53128/
Macueng532/
Moquing531/
Muguing531/
Maqueng531/
MacKwink502/
Magguing501/

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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 Mokgweng
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