Cewu Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

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

Cewu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cewu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2161:250,82325,476
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Cewu (288) may also be a first name.

Cewu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cewu is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Cewu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cewu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cewu is the 1,115,011th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Cewu are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 520,883rd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 288 people.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 216 people, or 1 in 250,823. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 68 percent are found, Western Cape, where 23 percent are found and Gauteng, where 6 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.

Cewu Last Name Statistics demography

Cewu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.68% less than the national average, earning R 112,452 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chewu89104/
Chewou8032/
Cewuch8014/
Cheweu809/
Tchewu801/
Cebu751,913/
Zewu751,666/
Sewu75314/
Ciwu755/
Cevu753/
Tchewou73698/
Chewusz7310/
Ciewuch731/
Cheywut731/
Tsewu672,602/
Shewu671,387/
Caiwu671,075/
Sewou67677/
Chebu67368/
Dzewu67283/
Chevu67123/
Zewou6746/
Cevuz6722/
Cebeu6717/
Cibeu679/
Chiwu678/
Cuiwu676/
Sehwu673/
Sewuh672/
Seywu671/
Sewux671/
Zeiwu671/
Zewui671/
Seuwu671/
Zeewu671/
Ciebu671/
Seweu671/
Seewu671/
Scebu671/
Zewhu671/
Ciwou671/
Tcheiwou671/
Sewui671/
Cebou671/
Ceabu671/

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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 Cewu
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