Mugwedi Surname

348,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,049 people bear this surname

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

Mugwedi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mugwedi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,0251:52,8566,693
Zimbabwe191:812,53955,590
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Mugwedi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mugwedi is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mugwedi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 348,286th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 6,947,136 people. Mugwedi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mugwedi are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,025 people, or 1 in 52,856. In South Africa Mugwedi is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 78 percent are found, Gauteng, where 15 percent are found and North West, where 2 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.

Mugwedi Last Name Statistics demography

Mugwedi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.13% less than the national average, earning R 128,004 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mungwedi931/
Mugwedio931/
Mugwadi86672/
Mugwede86600/
Mugwidi86304/
Mukwedi8621/
Mogwedi861/
Mugwadhi80107/
Mouguedi806/
Mokgwedi802/
Mungwede802/
Mukwidi7141/
Mukuedi7127/
Mukwadi7119/
Mokuedi7117/
Mokwedi714/
Mukwede713/
Mukweda712/
Mugwida711/
Mogweda711/
Mogwede711/
Mugwade711/
Mukwadhi671/
Mukwedha671/
Mouguede671/
Mougvede671/
Moukouedi631/
Mukuidi5755/
Mukwade576/
Mokwede574/
Mukueda571/
Mogqueda532/
Moukwade531/

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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 Mugwedi
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