Dangwana Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

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

Dangwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dangwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa911:595,35945,471
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Dangwana (13) may also be a first name.

Dangwana Last Name Facts

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

Dangwana is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dangwana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dangwana is the 1,931,261st most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dangwana live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Dangwana is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 13 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 595,359. In South Africa Dangwana is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 86 percent reside, Gauteng, where 10 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Dangwana Last Name Statistics demography

Dangwana earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 13.11% more than the national average, earning R 268,788 per year.

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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 Dangwana
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