Dwanya Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

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

Dwanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dwanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1051:515,97841,519
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dwanya (14) may also be a first name.

Dwanya Last Name Facts

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

Dwanya is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dwanya? popularity and diffusion

Dwanya is the 1,666,404th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dwanya live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 515,978. In South Africa Dwanya is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 68 percent reside, Gauteng, where 20 percent reside and Western Cape, where 10 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 9 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.

Dwanya Last Name Statistics demography

Dwanya earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 9.66% less than the national average, earning R 214,680 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dwanye8329/
Twanya8325/
Duanya835/
Dhuanya773/
Thwanya771/
Dwanyes771/
Dwanjoa771/
Dwannye771/
Twahanya711/
Dhwangia711/
Duanyo6731/
Duonya6712/
Duania674/
Dwanie674/
Duanye673/
Twanye673/
Duanea671/
Duagna671/

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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 Dwanya
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