Pohlwana Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

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

Pohlwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pohlwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1581:342,89731,680
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Pohlwana Last Name Facts

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

Pohlwana is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pohlwana.

How Common Is The Last Name Pohlwana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pohlwana is the 1,374,607th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Pohlwana are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Pohlwana is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 342,897. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent are found, Gauteng, where 15 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent are found. Other than South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Scotland, where 1 percent are found.

Pohlwana Last Name Statistics demography

Pohlwana earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 22.02% less than the national average, earning R 185,304 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 Pohlwana
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