Noniwe Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

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

Noniwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Noniwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa731:742,16051,964

Noniwe (35) may also be a first name.

Noniwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Noniwe is most common in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Noniwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Noniwe is the 2,220,661st most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name Noniwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Noniwe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held given name world-wide, borne by 35 people.

Noniwe is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 742,160. In South Africa Noniwe is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 70 percent reside, Western Cape, where 14 percent reside and Gauteng, where 7 percent reside.

Noniwe Last Name Statistics demography

Noniwe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.96% less than the national average, earning R 156,936 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noniwa831,066/
Nonewe8331/
Naniwe834/
Nonawe831/
Nounawe774/
Naniwet772/
Nhoniwa771/
Noonaiw771/
Naniw734/
Nonejuie713/
Nounouwe712/
Ngnonewe711/
Noniyeva711/
Naniwa671,535/
Nonissued67114/
Nenuwe6749/
Nonewa6735/
Nenewe6723/
Nanive6714/
Nanawe6714/
Nonave6713/
Nonjui677/
Nunive674/
Noniva672/
Nanibe672/
Nenywe671/
Nonywa671/
Nanuwe671/

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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 Noniwe
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