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
Bongiwe is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bongiwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongiwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Bongiwe live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Bongiwe is also the 13,102nd most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 74,774 people.
This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 4,514,809. In South Africa Bongiwe is most common in: Gauteng, where 42 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 33 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 8 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 14 percent reside and England, where 10 percent reside.
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
- 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 Bongiwe
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