Montshiwa Surname

108,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,281 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Montshiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Montshiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,8821:18,7992,374
Botswana1,3901:1,573121
England71:7,959,723202,100
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Montshiwa (629) may also be a first name.

Montshiwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Montshiwa is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Montshiwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Montshiwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 108,718th most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,702,300 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Montshiwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 332,048th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 629 people.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,882 people, or 1 in 18,799. In South Africa Montshiwa is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 42 percent reside, Gauteng, where 27 percent reside and Limpopo, where 16 percent reside. Not including South Africa Montshiwa is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 32 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Montshiwa Last Name Statistics demography

Montshiwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.53% less than the national average, earning R 146,076 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 Montshiwa
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