Mokwala Surname

287,037th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,338 people bear this surname

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

Mokwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9271:58,4447,405
DR Congo4101:180,19418,301
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mokwala (10) may also be a first name.

Mokwala Last Name Facts

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

Mokwala is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokwala? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 287,037th most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,446,596 people. The last name Mokwala is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mokwala are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mokwala is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name in the world, held by 10 people.

The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 927 people, or 1 in 58,444. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 53 percent are found, Gauteng, where 23 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Mokwala Last Name Statistics demography

Mokwala earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.64% less than the national average, earning R 176,700 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
  • 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 Mokwala
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