Mshweshwe Surname

218,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,876 people bear this surname

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

Mshweshwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mshweshwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,8731:28,9263,717
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

Mshweshwe (28) may also be a first name.

Mshweshwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mshweshwe occurs most in South Africa. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mshweshwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 218,358th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,884,619 people. The surname Mshweshwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mshweshwe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mshweshwe is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 28 people.

It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,873 people, or 1 in 28,926. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 60 percent live, Western Cape, where 18 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Mshweshwe Last Name Statistics demography

Mshweshwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.59% less than the national average, earning R 122,160 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mshweshswe951/
Mshweswe942/
Msweshwe942/
Mshweshwa892/
Mshwehswe891/
Mshwishwe891/
Msweswe88274/
Mxhwexhwe781/
Msweswa753/
Mzweswe752/
Mxwexwe631/

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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 Mshweshwe
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