Phoswa Surname

126,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,592 people bear this surname

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

Phoswa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phoswa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,5851:15,1121,907
England61:9,286,343223,652
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Phoswa (12) may also be a first name.

Phoswa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phoswa is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phoswa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 126,499th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,028,827 people. The last name Phoswa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Phoswa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Phoswa is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 12 people.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 3,585 people, or 1 in 15,112. In South Africa Phoswa is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 77 percent reside, Gauteng, where 12 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 4 percent reside. Besides South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

Phoswa Last Name Statistics demography

Phoswa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.95% less than the national average, earning R 152,196 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phoshwa921/
Poswa916,463/
Poszwa83747/
Phaswa8333/
Posway8320/
Phozwa8319/
Poswwa834/
Pheswa832/
Phosua831/
Poswat831/
Poeswa831/
Poswad831/
Phosuea7723/
Pheshwa778/
Phoosua777/
Paswa73767/
Posva7330/
Poswo7329/
Peswa7325/
Voswa736/
Posua735/
Pozwa732/
Foswa731/
Puswa731/
Poswy731/
Photsuea71394/
Phoosuea7111/
Phoosuad714/
Phoshuay711/
Phoosuae711/
Poshva67299/
Peshwa6769/
Poczwa6744/
Posvai6737/
Pushwa6716/
Puszwa6715/
Pachwa6714/
Phuzwa6710/
Phusua678/
Paswah676/
Poshba675/
Paswad674/
Phasua672/
Pashwa672/
Pasway672/
Paszwa671/
Poswer671/
Paswaa671/
Paswaj671/
Paswau671/
Poesua671/
Pochwa671/
Potsua671/
Phaswe671/
Phuswe671/
Posuea671/
Phosue671/
Poosua671/

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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 Phoswa
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