Mokwale Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

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

Mokwale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokwale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1871:289,72028,200
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mokwale (189) may also be a first name.

Mokwale Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mokwale is found most in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokwale? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,235,409th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mokwale reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mokwale is also the 661,310th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 189 people.

The surname Mokwale is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 289,720. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 56 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Mokwale Last Name Statistics demography

Mokwale earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.98% less than the national average, earning R 104,604 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 Mokwale
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