Letwaba Surname

136,733rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,281 people bear this surname

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

Letwaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Letwaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,2721:16,5582,084
England61:9,286,343223,652
Iceland21:190,0456,825
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Letwaba (32) may also be a first name.

Letwaba Last Name Facts

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

Letwaba is most common in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Letwaba? popularity and diffusion

Letwaba is the 136,733rd most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,221,136 people. The last name Letwaba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Letwaba reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Letwaba is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held given name in the world It is held by 32 people.

It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 3,272 people, or 1 in 16,558. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 57 percent are found, Limpopo, where 21 percent are found and North West, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.

Letwaba Last Name Statistics demography

Letwaba earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.32% less than the national average, earning R 148,956 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ledwaba8630,387/
Letwabe8611/
Litwaba863/
Letuaba862/
Latwaba862/
Letwabo861/
Lithwaba801/
Leduaba7122/
Lotuaba718/
Lidwaba716/
Lodwaba715/
Ladwaba714/
Ledwabo712/
Ledwabe712/
Ledweba711/
Letuabo711/
Letuampa671/
Lidweba571/

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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 Letwaba
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