Niewenhuys Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

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

Niewenhuys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niewenhuys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1991:272,25027,005
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Niewenhuys Last Name Facts

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

The surname Niewenhuys occurs most in South Africa. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Niewenhuys.

How Common Is The Last Name Niewenhuys? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,118,459th most common surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Niewenhuys are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 272,250. In South Africa Niewenhuys is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 51 percent are found, Gauteng, where 42 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 5 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.

Niewenhuys Last Name Statistics demography

Niewenhuys earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.52% less than the national average, earning R 122,328 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
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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 Niewenhuys
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