Mokwape Surname

370,384th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 970 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mokwape Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokwape Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7821:69,2818,641
Botswana1821:12,0162,280
England21:27,859,030389,889
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mokwape (2,666) may also be a first name.

Mokwape Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mokwape occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokwape? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 370,384th most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 7,512,934 people. The surname Mokwape is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mokwape are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mokwape is also the 142,011th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 2,666 people.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 782 people, or 1 in 69,281. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 60 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 16 percent live and Limpopo, where 12 percent live. Barring South Africa Mokwape occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 19 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Mokwape Last Name Statistics demography

Mokwape earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.2% less than the national average, earning R 175,380 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mokwaipe9346/
Mokgwaphe8850/
Makwape86180/
Mokwapa8672/
Mokwapi8618/
Mokwepe861/
Mokgwapa808/
Mokgwapi801/
Mokwop771/
Mokgwapha754/
Mokwajipi751/
Mukwapa71205/
Makwapa71130/
Makwepe7122/
Makuape7118/
Mukwapi716/
Mokuope711/
Magwape711/
Mukwapha67157/
Mukwapay6734/
Mukwapuy6721/
Mukwaipa671/
Monkweib671/

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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 Mokwape
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