Mvokwe Surname

612,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 504 people bear this surname

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

Mvokwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mvokwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3961:136,81215,826
Zimbabwe1081:142,94718,429

Mvokwe Last Name Facts

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

Mvokwe is found most in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mvokwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 612,595th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 14,459,416 people. The last name Mvokwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mvokwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 396 people, or 1 in 136,812. In South Africa Mvokwe is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 58 percent live, Gauteng, where 13 percent live and Western Cape, where 9 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 21 percent live.

Mvokwe Last Name Statistics demography

Mvokwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.86% less than the national average, earning R 100,152 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mvokhwe928/
Muokwe83340/
Mvokwa832/
Mvongwe7776/
Mmuokwe7722/
Muokwue7721/
Mbokwey774/
Mbhokwe773/
Mboukwe771/
Muokweh771/
Mvakw731/
Mwakwe6796/
Nwokwe6766/
Mbogwe677/
Mbokue676/
Mbokwi673/
Mwekwe672/
Muokwa672/
Mvogue671/
Mwokwa671/

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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 Mvokwe
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