Hirshowitz Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

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

Hirshowitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hirshowitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Israel21:4,278,817136,311

Hirshowitz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hirshowitz is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hirshowitz? popularity and diffusion

Hirshowitz is the 2,293,424th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Hirshowitz live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 1,425,729. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 95 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent live and Western Cape, where 3 percent live. Excluding South Africa Hirshowitz exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 36 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Hirshowitz Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Hirshowitz earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 107.44% more than the national average, earning R 492,948 per year and in United States they earn 35.43% more than the national average, earning $58,438 USD per year.

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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 Hirshowitz
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