Jwaqa Surname

544,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 588 people bear this surname

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

Jwaqa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Jwaqa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5851:92,61111,328
Lesotho31:677,51919,546
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Jwaqa Demographics

Average Jwaqa Salary in
South Africa

R 137,292

Per year
Rank:
104,975 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000602616
Rank: 17,340 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
57.77%
Sample size: 110 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

Jwaqa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jwaqa is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Jwaqa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jwaqa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Jwaqa is the 544,808th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 12,393,786 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jwaqa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 585 people, or 1 in 92,611. In South Africa Jwaqa is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 45 percent reside, Western Cape, where 23 percent reside and Gauteng, where 9 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 1 percent reside.

Jwaqa Last Name Statistics demography

Jwaqa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.23% less than the national average, earning R 137,292 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jwaka805/
Jwaca803/
Juaqa802/
Jweqa801/
Ojwaka7380/
Jiwaka734/
Jwakga733/
Ujwaka731/
Jeewaka67512/
Jiwuaka675/
Ojwacka675/
Eawayqa671/
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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 Jwaqa
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