Dweza Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Dweza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dweza Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa931:582,55644,854
Zimbabwe651:237,51126,018
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Dweza Demographics

Average Dweza Salary in
South Africa

R 63,192

Per year
Rank:
162,239 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
6.80814E-5
Rank: 78,994 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
26.59%
Sample size: 27 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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Dweza Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dweza is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dweza? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,385,851st most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dweza live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 582,556. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 55 percent live, Western Cape, where 32 percent live and North West, where 5 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 41 percent live.

Dweza Last Name Statistics demography

Dweza earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.41% less than the national average, earning R 63,192 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dweiza911/
Dwaza80152/
Dueza8062/
Dwesa8022/
Tweza802/
Dweizi7321/
Twaeza732/
Dwazza731/
Dweizih6742/
Dweisah6711/
Douezai673/
Douezay672/
Dwedzhi671/
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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 Dweza
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