der Merwe Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
der Merwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 162 | 1:334,430 | 31,173 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
der Merwe Demographics
Average der Merwe Salary in
South Africa
R 112,440
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
der Merwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name der Merwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname der Merwe is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name der Merwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name der Merwe is the 1,333,288th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of der Merwe live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 334,430. In South Africa der Merwe is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 29 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 19 percent reside and Western Cape, where 17 percent reside. Not including South Africa der Merwe exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent reside and Namibia, where 1 percent reside.
der Merwe Last Name Statistics demography
der Merwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.68% less than the national average, earning R 112,440 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
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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
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