Piwani Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

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

Piwani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piwani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Piwani (108) may also be a first name.

Piwani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Piwani is most common in South Africa. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Piwani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Piwani occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Piwani reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Piwani is also the 904,892nd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 108 people.

The surname Piwani is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 1,504,936. In South Africa Piwani is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 44 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 31 percent are found and Western Cape, where 19 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.

Piwani Last Name Statistics demography

Piwani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.19% less than the national average, earning R 92,220 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phiwani9216/
Piowani924/
Piwangi921/
Pijwani921/
Piwoni83474/
Piwane83105/
Pivani8323/
Piwana8315/
Pewani834/
Peswani77820/
Pajwani77133/
Phiwane7727/
Paiwana7711/
Phiwana779/
Piwanna779/
Pejwani778/
Piwonii776/
Paivani773/
Pujwani772/
Phewani772/
Pivhani772/
Pehwani771/
Phibani771/
Pivgani771/
Pewanio771/
Paiwane771/
Piwange771/
Pesswani7153/
Peivanis7122/
Piovanni715/
Peeswani713/
Pishvani712/
Phoiwana711/
Paaivani711/
Pibahani711/
Pivanith711/
Pewana6723/
Phibannoi678/
Pevani674/
Pivoni673/
Pibane672/
Phaiswane671/
Pjvani671/
Pivana671/

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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 Piwani
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