Qwabe Surname
Approximately 25,323 people bear this surname
Qwabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 24,816 | 1:2,183 | 276 |
| Swaziland | 480 | 1:2,705 | 242 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Qwabe Demographics
Average Qwabe Salary in
South Africa
R 151,800
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Qwabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qwabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Qwabe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Qwabe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Qwabe is the 21,516th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 287,784 people. The surname Qwabe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Qwabe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 24,816 people, or 1 in 2,183. In South Africa Qwabe is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 73 percent reside, Gauteng, where 12 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 6 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Swaziland, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Qwabe Last Name Statistics demography
Qwabe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.12% less than the national average, earning R 151,800 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gqwabe | 91 | 43 | / |
| Qhwabe | 91 | 4 | / |
| Qwabie | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nqwabe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwabe | 80 | 903 | / |
| Qwabi | 80 | 591 | / |
| Gwabe | 80 | 235 | / |
| Qwebe | 80 | 57 | / |
| Quabe | 80 | 10 | / |
| Cwabe | 80 | 8 | / |
| Qwobe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gcwabe | 73 | 1,896 | / |
| Kwabea | 73 | 697 | / |
| Gwaabe | 73 | 71 | / |
| Kwaebe | 73 | 54 | / |
| Kwabee | 73 | 47 | / |
| Gwabee | 73 | 32 | / |
| Khwabe | 73 | 16 | / |
| Ncwabe | 73 | 11 | / |
| Gwaber | 73 | 8 | / |
| Quabet | 73 | 6 | / |
| Quabie | 73 | 5 | / |
| Qhwabi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gwabes | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gqwebe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwahbe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwabie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gwabie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gwaibe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gwabea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwuabe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaibe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwasbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cwaibe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ggwabe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Qwabhi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Qwuabi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwabei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwabe | 67 | 713 | / |
| Ngqwobe | 67 | 25 | / |
| Kwatber | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kwabeuh | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kwaabea | 67 | 4 | / |
| Quaibeh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nncwabe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwabest | 67 | 2 | / |
| Queaber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quabeah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qweibei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaybee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwabeha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaibeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwabeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwabei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qhwabhi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Qwabe
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