Pholwana Surname

638,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 477 people bear this surname

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

Pholwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pholwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4771:113,58013,626

Pholwana (89) may also be a first name.

Pholwana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pholwana is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pholwana.

How Common Is The Last Name Pholwana? popularity and diffusion

Pholwana is the 638,206th most widespread last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 15,277,874 people. The surname Pholwana occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pholwana reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most common first name in the world. It is borne by 89 people.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 477 people, or 1 in 113,580. In South Africa Pholwana is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 55 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 22 percent reside and Gauteng, where 12 percent reside.

Pholwana Last Name Statistics demography

Pholwana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.44% less than the national average, earning R 124,908 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 Pholwana
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