Letwala Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

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

Letwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Letwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa781:694,58649,962
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Letwala Last Name Facts

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

Letwala is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Letwala? popularity and diffusion

Letwala is the 2,106,139th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Letwala live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 694,586. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 69 percent are found, Limpopo, where 26 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent are found. Not including South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent are found and Lesotho, where 1 percent are found.

Letwala Last Name Statistics demography

Letwala earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.19% more than the national average, earning R 318,876 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lethwala934/
Liehtwala881/
Lotwala86358/
Ledwala8685/
Letwalo862/
Latwala861/
Letuala861/
Leituala8093/
Lathwala807/
Leutwaly803/
Laitwala801/
Latuala717/
Letwole711/
Ladwala711/
Lotuala711/
Leutualy6729/
Lethuela6728/
Latualia6712/
Latualya671/
Laitwale671/
Ladhwala671/
Leatualii6311/
Litwaller630/
Letweiller590/
Ladvala5718/
Litualy574/
Lidwali571/
Lodwalo571/
Lotualio531/
Lyadualla501/
Ledwolosz501/

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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 Letwala
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