Mtwa Surname
Approximately 3,026 people bear this surname
Mtwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,979 | 1:18,187 | 2,295 |
| Tanzania | 25 | 1:2,117,665 | 47,926 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Mtwa (18) may also be a first name.
Mtwa Demographics
Average Mtwa Salary in
South Africa
R 160,008
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mtwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mtwa occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 146,496th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,408,310 people. The last name Mtwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mtwa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mtwa is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 18 people.
This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 2,979 people, or 1 in 18,187. In South Africa Mtwa is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 70 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent reside and Western Cape, where 8 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Mtwa Last Name Statistics demography
Mtwa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.67% less than the national average, earning R 160,008 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
- 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 Mtwa
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