Mokuwe Surname

628,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 487 people bear this surname

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

Mokuwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokuwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4431:122,29714,473
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Mokuwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mokuwe has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokuwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mokuwe is the 628,294th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,964,160 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mokuwe are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Mokuwe is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 443 people, or 1 in 122,297. In South Africa it is most common in: Limpopo, where 73 percent live, Gauteng, where 16 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent live. Beside South Africa Mokuwe is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Mokuwe Last Name Statistics demography

Mokuwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.02% less than the national average, earning R 95,004 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mokhuwe925/
Mokuwey921/
Mokuwa831,656/
Makuwe831,400/
Mukuwe831,212/
Mokowe83984/
Mokuve8344/
Mekuwe833/
Mokiwe831/
Mokhuwa7749/
Makouwe7734/
Mukuswe7714/
Mukhuwe774/
Mokhowe774/
Mokeube774/
Makuywe771/
Mokouwa771/
Makauwe771/
Makuwei771/
Makhuwe771/
Moukube771/
Mokhiwe771/
Makuhwe771/
Makuw731/
Moukoube7127/
Mokhuiwa714/
Mhookauw711/
Mokhouwa711/
Makouweh711/
Mahkuweh711/
Makuwa6716,019/
Mukuwa675,560/
Mukuve672,847/
Makowe67881/
Makuve67650/
Makuwi67211/
Mukowe6759/
Mekuve6712/
Mocube676/
Mokuva676/
Moskuwich675/
Mukuwi673/
Mokowi672/
Macowe671/
Mucuwe671/
Makiwe671/

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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 Mokuwe
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