Molangwane Surname

1,257,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 183 people bear this surname

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

Molangwane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Molangwane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1831:296,05328,632

Molangwane (66) may also be a first name.

Molangwane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Molangwane is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Molangwane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,257,535th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The surname Molangwane is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Molangwane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most numerous forename on earth, held by 66 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 296,053. In South Africa Molangwane is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 42 percent reside, Gauteng, where 30 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 26 percent reside.

Molangwane Last Name Statistics demography

Molangwane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.45% less than the national average, earning R 172,404 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 Molangwane
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