Montewa Surname

739,868th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 390 people bear this surname

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

Montewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Montewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3881:139,63316,083
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Montewa (26) may also be a first name.

Montewa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Montewa is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Montewa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 739,868th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 18,686,015 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Montewa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 26 people.

The surname Montewa is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 388 people, or 1 in 139,633. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: North West, where 60 percent live, Northern Cape, where 16 percent live and Gauteng, where 11 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Montewa Last Name Statistics demography

Montewa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.01% less than the national average, earning R 85,524 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 Montewa
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