Msitwa Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

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

Msitwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msitwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1031:525,99742,056
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Msitwa Last Name Facts

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

Msitwa is most common in South Africa. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Msitwa? popularity and diffusion

Msitwa is the 1,765,740th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. Msitwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msitwa are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 525,997. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 48 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 21 percent reside and Western Cape, where 10 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 4 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.

Msitwa Last Name Statistics demography

Msitwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.15% less than the national average, earning R 66,192 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Msithwa92191/
Mgitwa8316/
Msetwa837/
Mjitwa831/
Mshetwa773/
Mzetwa675/
Mcetwa674/
Mgidwa672/
Mjetwa671/
Mchetwa621/
Mseidvat5735/
Mjhethwa573/
Mxhethwa571/
Mzhethwa571/
Mseidvatt531/
M'Seidvat531/
M'Saidvat531/
Msseidvatt5016/
Mcedwa503/
M'Seidvatt503/
M'Saidvatt503/
Mgedwa501/

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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 Msitwa
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