Mokwene Surname

293,918th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,299 people bear this surname

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

Mokwene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokwene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,2751:42,4925,435
Botswana221:99,40615,343
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080

Mokwene (168) may also be a first name.

Mokwene Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mokwene occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mokwene.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokwene? popularity and diffusion

Mokwene is the 293,918th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,610,120 people. The surname Mokwene occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mokwene reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mokwene is also the 705,855th most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 168 people.

Mokwene is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 1,275 people, or 1 in 42,492. In South Africa Mokwene is most common in: North West, where 65 percent live, Gauteng, where 16 percent live and Northern Cape, where 14 percent live. Aside from South Africa Mokwene occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Mokwene Last Name Statistics demography

Mokwene earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.04% less than the national average, earning R 97,344 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 Mokwene
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