Giqwa Surname

503,825th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 652 people bear this surname

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

Giqwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Giqwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6511:83,22210,272
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Giqwa Last Name Facts

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

Giqwa is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Giqwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 503,825th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,177,218 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Giqwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 651 people, or 1 in 83,222. In South Africa Giqwa is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 72 percent reside, Gauteng, where 11 percent reside and Western Cape, where 8 percent reside. Excluding South Africa Giqwa is found in one country. It is also common in Ireland, where 0 percent reside.

Giqwa Last Name Statistics demography

Giqwa earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.09% more than the national average, earning R 347,160 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngiqwa911/
Gaiqwad838/
Gikwa80393/
Gigwa8026/
Jiqwa806/
Siqwa801/
Ciqwa801/
Gaiqkwad771/
Gaikqwad771/
Ngigwa73222/
Gikwad73102/
Gaikwa738/
Guigwa731/
Siqgwa731/
Gaiquad6714/
Goikwad674/
Ghikwad674/
Guikwad672/
Gaikwai672/
Guikwat671/
Guyqwad671/
Gaikwat671/
Gaikwas671/
Gaikwap671/
Gaigwad671/

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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 Giqwa
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