Lindiwe Surname

754,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 380 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Lindiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lindiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1531:354,10332,399
Swaziland1011:12,853583
Botswana881:24,8515,011
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Lesotho71:290,36515,938
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
England61:9,286,343223,652
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Lindiwe (164,756) may also be a first name.

Lindiwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lindiwe is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lindiwe? popularity and diffusion

Lindiwe is the 754,238th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 19,177,752 people. Lindiwe is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Lindiwe reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lindiwe is also the 6,386th most commonly held given name at a global level. It is borne by 164,756 people.

Lindiwe is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 354,103. In South Africa Lindiwe is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 48 percent reside, North West, where 27 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 10 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Swaziland, where 27 percent reside and Botswana, where 23 percent reside.

Lindiwe Last Name Statistics demography

Lindiwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.62% less than the national average, earning R 88,836 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lindiw921/
Lendiwe868/
Lindeweh801/
Lindawewe751/
Lendiwa7153/
Lindeby7119/
Lenduwe7111/
Lindevy714/
Lindewi714/
Lindevi713/
Lendawe713/
Lendewe711/
Lindebe711/
Glindevi678/
Lindoubi676/
Lindeved674/
Lindeway671/
Lenduwee671/
Lindeeva671/
Lindevist631/
Lindeveit631/
Lendave573,667/
Lendewi5712/
Lendebe579/
Lendibi579/
Lendeve571/
Lendhave5331/
Lendevai534/
Lendoubi532/
Lendoube531/
Lendever530/
Lenndhave502/

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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
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  • 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 Lindiwe
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