Cwilashe Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

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

Cwilashe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cwilashe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980

Cwilashe Last Name Facts

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

Cwilashe is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Cwilashe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cwilashe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cwilashe is the 3,730,171st most widespread surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cwilashe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Cwilashe is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 1,934,918. In South Africa Cwilashe is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 75 percent are found, Western Cape, where 18 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 4 percent are found.

Cwilashe Last Name Statistics demography

Cwilashe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 79.19% less than the national average, earning R 49,464 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwilashe881/
Cwilishe881/
Kwilasha75131/
Kwilas71106/
Cuilas711/
Kwilasa676,203/
Kwilasi67261/
Kwilasz6727/
Kwilose6719/
Gwilasa675/
Guilase672/
Gwilasi671/
Gwelase671/

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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 Cwilashe
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