Hluwayo Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

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

Hluwayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hluwayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Hluwayo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hluwayo is most common in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hluwayo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Hluwayo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hluwayo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Northern Cape, where 75 percent are found, North West, where 13 percent are found and Western Cape, where 13 percent are found. Beside South Africa Hluwayo occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luwayo92603/
Hliwayo8632/
Hlowayo867/
Lhuwayo862/
Luway83157/
Luwaya772,279/
Luvayo77172/
Luwayi7777/
Luwaye7775/
Lubayo7749/
Lauway7712/
Liwayo777/
Luwayu776/
Luwiyo772/
Lowayo771/
Luwaio771/
Luwajo771/
Luwuyo771/
Loubayo7162/
Luswayi7134/
Luswaya7127/
Luwahya7112/
Lubhayo715/
Leuvayo713/
Louwaya711/
Lhiwayo711/
Hlloway711/
Louwajo711/
Louwaye711/
Hlowaya711/
Lhaushwayo711/
Hlliway710/
Lousway710/
Lubay672,635/
Loway671,177/
Luwau67348/
Luwai67201/
Liway67196/
Luwey6722/
Luwaa677/
Luwoe672/
Luwoy671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Hluwayo
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis