Mthethwa Surname

5,466th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103,665 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Mthethwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mthethwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa99,1311:54739
Swaziland2,8291:45982
Zimbabwe1,2101:12,7591,712
England1581:352,64625,413
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
Botswana501:43,7398,388
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
France21:33,211,361423,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Mthethwa (544) may also be a first name.

Mthethwa Last Name Facts

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

Mthethwa is found most in South Africa. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mthethwa? popularity and diffusion

Mthethwa is the 5,466th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 70,299 people. The last name Mthethwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mthethwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 361,218th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 544 people.

It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 99,131 people, or 1 in 547. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 70 percent live, Gauteng, where 13 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 10 percent live. Besides South Africa Mthethwa exists in 33 countries. It is also common in Swaziland, where 3 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Mthethwa Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Mthethwa earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 33.17% less than the national average, earning R 158,820 per year and in United States they earn 0.38% more than the national average, earning $43,312 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtheithwa944/
Mthethwha942/
Mtehethwa942/
Mthedthwa941/
Mthtethwa941/
Mthiethwa941/
Mthethhwa941/
Mthethwwa941/
Mthetwa932,108/
Mtethwa93354/
Mthethwe8828/
Mthethwo887/
Mthathwa886/
Mthothwa883/
Mthetwha883/
Mtaethwa882/
Mthithwa882/
Mthehtwa882/
Mtehthwa881/
Mthethua881/
Mtetwa8622,396/
Mthethwei821/
M'Tetwa803/
Mtetwah802/
Mthitwa802/
Mthatwa802/
Mteatwa801/
Mtettwa801/
Mtetwaa801/
Mthetwe801/
Mtothwa801/
Mtathwa801/
Mtehtwa801/
Mthethuo751/
Mtitwa71100/
Mtotwa718/
Mtatwa712/
Mtetwo711/
Mtetwe711/
Mtetuoa672/
Mtiedwa671/
Mthidwa671/

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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
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  • 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 Mthethwa
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