Msongelwa Surname

159,002nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,745 people bear this surname

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

Msongelwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msongelwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,5671:21,1052,676
Zimbabwe1621:95,29813,521
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Msongelwa (3,421) may also be a first name.

Msongelwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Msongelwa is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Msongelwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 159,002nd most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,654,844 people. The last name Msongelwa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Msongelwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Msongelwa is also the 121,679th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 3,421 people.

The surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 2,567 people, or 1 in 21,105. In South Africa Msongelwa is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 65 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent reside and Gauteng, where 9 percent reside. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Msongelwa Last Name Statistics demography

Msongelwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.45% less than the national average, earning R 117,744 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 Msongelwa
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