Mthwa Surname

446,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 763 people bear this surname

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

Mthwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mthwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7611:71,1938,872
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Mthwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mthwa occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mthwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mthwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 446,740th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,551,174 people. The last name Mthwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mthwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Mthwa is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 761 people, or 1 in 71,193. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 18 percent live and Western Cape, where 13 percent live. Besides South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Mthwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mthwa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.96% less than the national average, earning R 173,568 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtwa893,026/
Mththwa831/
Mtwai8014/
Mthwo802/
Mtuha801/
Mtwau801/
Mehethwa771/
Mtwaha734/
Mtwahe731/
Mtwaya731/
Mtua67882/
Mtwe67228/
Mdwa6712/
Mtwo672/
Mtwi671/

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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 Mthwa
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