Kolwana Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

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

Kolwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kolwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa991:547,25043,124

Kolwana Last Name Facts

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

Kolwana occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kolwana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,860,621st most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name Kolwana is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kolwana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Kolwana is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 547,250. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 44 percent are found, Western Cape, where 22 percent are found and Gauteng, where 14 percent are found.

Kolwana Last Name Statistics demography

Kolwana earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.58% less than the national average, earning R 172,092 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
  • 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 Kolwana
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