Bongiwe Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Bongiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Bongiwe (74,774) may also be a first name.
Bongiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bongiwe is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongiwe? popularity and diffusion
Bongiwe is the 4,307,654th most common family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Bongiwe are found; 71 percent are found in Southern Africa and 71 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Bongiwe is also the 13,102nd most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 74,774 people.
This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 4,514,809. In South Africa Bongiwe is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 42 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 33 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 8 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 14 percent are found and England, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangiwe | 86 | 181 | / |
| Bongiwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bungiwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bongawe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bonguwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bongive | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bonggawe | 80 | 13 | / |
| Boonngiw | 80 | 9 | / |
| Bhangiwe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Banguiwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bhungiwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bangiw | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bongewa | 71 | 130 | / |
| Banjiwe | 71 | 81 | / |
| Bangawe | 71 | 62 | / |
| Bongebe | 71 | 27 | / |
| Bangiwa | 71 | 25 | / |
| Bangewe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bangiew | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bongiva | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bongave | 71 | 2 | / |
| Banguwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boonsiw | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vonciwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bansiwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Banziwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bungiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bangieva | 67 | 113 | / |
| Mpangiwe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bongayui | 67 | 9 | / |
| Boonsiew | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bhongave | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bangiwit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhangive | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bongouwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bongiwe
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