Mokwele Surname

87,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,470 people bear this surname

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

Mokwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4,8711:11,1231,381
DR Congo4041:182,87018,550
Botswana1211:18,0743,590
Cameroon591:352,01831,532
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England31:18,572,686338,250
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Mokwele (283) may also be a first name.

Mokwele Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Mokwele? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 87,898th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,332,275 people. The surname Mokwele is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mokwele are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 526,385th most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 283 people.

Mokwele is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 4,871 people, or 1 in 11,123. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 46 percent live, Gauteng, where 34 percent live and North West, where 14 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Botswana, where 2 percent live.

Mokwele Last Name Statistics demography

Mokwele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.5% less than the national average, earning R 146,148 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 Mokwele
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