Kgwefane Surname

721,185th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 404 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Kgwefane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kgwefane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2211:245,14825,005
Botswana1821:12,0162,280
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kgwefane (72) may also be a first name.

Kgwefane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kgwefane is most common in South Africa. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kgwefane click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kgwefane? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 721,185th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,038,480 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kgwefane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kgwefane is also the 1,143,416th most widespread first name on earth, held by 72 people.

It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 221 people, or 1 in 245,148. In South Africa Kgwefane is most frequent in: North West, where 72 percent are found, Gauteng, where 13 percent are found and Limpopo, where 8 percent are found. Not including South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 45 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Kgwefane Last Name Statistics demography

Kgwefane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.88% less than the national average, earning R 161,880 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kgwafane882/
Kgwefana881/
Kwefang8015/
Gwefang802/
Gbefan7169/
Kwefon711/
Guefan711/
Gbeffan6763/
Kuefang6719/
Ngwefon676/
Kwafene674/
Kwefong672/
Kwifine671/
Kueffan671/
Kuefone671/
Gvefang671/

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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 Kgwefane
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