Erwee Surname

215,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,912 people bear this surname

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

Erwee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Erwee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,8581:29,1593,750
England201:2,785,90397,972
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

The alternate forms: Erweë (14) are calculated separately.

Erwee (61) may also be a first name.

Erwee Last Name Facts

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

Erwee is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Erweë. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Erwee? popularity and diffusion

The surname Erwee is the 215,000th most prevalent family name globally, held by around 1 in 3,811,478 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Erwee live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 61 people.

It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,858 people, or 1 in 29,159. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 32 percent live, Western Cape, where 22 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 12 percent live. Beside South Africa it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Erwee Last Name Statistics demography

Erwee earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 156.34% more than the national average, earning R 609,156 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Erweë9314/
Erwehe911/
Erwe89152/
Herwehe83179/
Herwees836/
Erbee8028/
Erweu808/
Erweh806/
Arwee806/
Erwei805/
Herwe805/
Erwey802/
Ervee802/
Earwe802/
Irwee801/
Errwe801/
Erhwe801/
Heerwehe771/
Herweh73203/
Girwee7313/
Hervee736/
Jrweez733/
Iorwee731/
Erwetz731/
Herwed731/
Earbee731/
Eurwea731/
Erwess731/
Herbee731/
Herwey731/
Herwei731/
Ervees731/
Erwa676,991/
Erbe675,507/
Erue67466/
Erve67442/
Erwi67310/
Aheirwe67143/
Orwe6789/
Arwe6774/
Irwe6726/
Herveet6726/
Herwest678/
D'Erbee673/
Erwy672/
Ergeevi671/
Erweich671/
Herwech670/

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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 Erwee
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