Cweya Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

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

Cweya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cweya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1441:376,23433,811

Cweya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cweya is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cweya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,471,719th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. The surname Cweya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cweya 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 borne by 144 people, or 1 in 376,234. In South Africa Cweya is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 43 percent live, Western Cape, where 36 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent live.

Cweya Last Name Statistics demography

Cweya earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.4% less than the national average, earning R 172,524 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chweya913,110/
Ncweya9117/
Cwea891/
Chweyah831/
Chweyaa831/
Kweya801,525/
Gweya80440/
Cweha8011/
Cweja8010/
Cueya805/
Zweya804/
Chwea802/
Jweya802/
Chwey801/
Cweye801/
Chwaya73414/
Kweyap7366/
Kweyah7323/
Djweya739/
Cueyap737/
Cueyas737/
Chweea735/
Gqweya734/
Gcweha733/
Chueya731/
Gweyah731/
Dzweya731/
Chweye731/
Kweyat731/
Kwey67427/
Cwai67264/
Gwea6764/
Kwea6725/
Cuey6715/
Cweu6713/
Cvey6710/
Cwaa679/
Gwey678/
Cuea677/
Ngqweya677/
Chueaya674/
Cwye674/
Cwei674/
Ngwehya672/
Cwej672/
Cway672/
Ngweeya671/
Ngcweja671/
Qwea671/
Zwea671/
K'Weyah671/
Zwey671/
Cvea671/
Cwoy671/
Jwea671/

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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 Cweya
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