Mthenjwa Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

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

Mthenjwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mthenjwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2161:250,82325,476
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
Canada41:9,211,398321,528

Mthenjwa (916) may also be a first name.

Mthenjwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mthenjwa is most common in South Africa. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mthenjwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,070,546th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mthenjwa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mthenjwa is also the 267,824th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 916 people.

The last name Mthenjwa is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 216 people, or 1 in 250,823. In South Africa Mthenjwa is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 51 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 22 percent live and Gauteng, where 12 percent live. Besides South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Mthenjwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mthenjwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.47% less than the national average, earning R 129,588 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mhthenjwa941/
Mtenjwa93270/
Mthinjwa8824/
Mthenywa881/
Mthenhwa881/
Mtinjwa805/
Mtemjwa801/
Mtenywa801/
Mtenjwe801/
Mtenjua801/
Mthiniwa75183/
Mtengiwa757/
Mthanywa751/
Mtiniwa677/
Mtanywa674/
Mtaniwa671/
Mtinhiwa6311/

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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 Mthenjwa
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