Hlengiwe Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

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

Hlengiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hlengiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1701:318,69230,132
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Hlengiwe (56,884) may also be a first name.

Hlengiwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hlengiwe is found most in South Africa. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Hlengiwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Hlengiwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,300,225th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Hlengiwe live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 16,559th most frequently held given name in the world. It is borne by 56,884 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 318,692. In South Africa Hlengiwe is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent live, Western Cape, where 14 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 1 percent live.

Hlengiwe Last Name Statistics demography

Hlengiwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.5% less than the national average, earning R 134,268 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hlengawe883/
Hlengiwa883/
Lengawe80164/
Lingiwe8014/
Hlengeva751/
Hlenciwa751/
Lengijabe714/
Lengewa671,886/
Lingawe67109/
Lingibe6750/
Lingiwa6711/
Liengew672/
Lengave672/
Lengewi671/
Linguwe671/
Lengehwa6321/
Lenguwai639/
Lencivet632/
Lengever631/
Lengewai631/
Lengevich594/
Lingeswer593/
Lengevych591/
Lemghewer591/
Lngeew5716/
Lingew570/
Lemghaiver561/
Lingebe5390/
Lingeby5328/
Lingave5325/
Linguvi5318/
Längeby5314/
Lingebi534/
Lingibé534/
Lynghave502/
Lenzivio501/

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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 Hlengiwe
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