Phungwayo Surname

160,920th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,708 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Phungwayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phungwayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,1391:25,3293,232
Swaziland4041:3,213268
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Phungwayo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phungwayo is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Phungwayo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 160,920th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 2,691,117 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Phungwayo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,139 people, or 1 in 25,329. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 45 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 36 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent reside. Barring South Africa Phungwayo occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Swaziland, where 15 percent reside and Malawi, where 6 percent reside.

Phungwayo Last Name Statistics demography

Phungwayo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.17% less than the national average, earning R 137,436 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Phungwayo
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis