Msweswe Surname

953,750th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 274 people bear this surname

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

Msweswe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msweswe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1791:302,66929,078
Tanzania941:563,20935,741
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Msweswe (19) may also be a first name.

Msweswe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Msweswe occurs most in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Msweswe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 953,750th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The surname Msweswe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msweswe live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Msweswe is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 19 people.

The last name Msweswe is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 179 people, or 1 in 302,669. In South Africa Msweswe is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 69 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 18 percent are found and Gauteng, where 5 percent are found. Barring South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 34 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.

Msweswe Last Name Statistics demography

Msweswe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.38% less than the national average, earning R 144,060 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mshweswe932/
Msweshwe932/
Mshweshwe881,876/
Msweswa863/
Mzweswe862/
Mshweshwa752/
Mxwexwe711/
Mxhwexhwe631/
Mshwehswe501/
Mshwishwe501/

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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 Msweswe
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