Dziwani Surname

286,143rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,343 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Dziwani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dziwani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,2291:13,9292,189
Zimbabwe571:270,84628,330
Poland451:844,63965,213
England91:6,190,895170,599
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Dziwani (641) may also be a first name.

Dziwani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dziwani occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dziwani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 286,143rd most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,426,319 people. The surname Dziwani occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Dziwani are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Dziwani is also the 328,586th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 641 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,229 people, or 1 in 13,929. Apart from Malawi this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside and Poland, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dziwanai931/
Ziwani92443/
Dziwane8613/
Ziwanai8613/
Dziwana8612/
Dzivani8611/
Zaiwani862/
Dzibani862/
Tziwani861/
Dzivhani801,810/
Dzihwana801/
Ziwoni77123/
Ziwane7789/
Zivani7738/
Zewani776/
Ciwani771/
Zivanai712,498/
Tzivani71125/
Zhivani7143/
Dzibane7135/
Dzewana7114/
Dzivane718/
Dzhiovanni712/
Zehwani711/
Zivhani711/
Tziovani6719/
Dzivhane6717/
Chiwanyi678/
Chijwani676/
Chhiwani673/
Tshiwani672/
Dzivhana671/
Tzivhani671/
Chaiwani671/
Chiwanai671/

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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 Dziwani
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