Qwaqwa Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

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

Qwaqwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Qwaqwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1551:349,53432,108
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
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Qwaqwa Demographics

Average Qwaqwa Salary in
South Africa

R 119,688

Per year
Rank:
118,190 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000152828
Rank: 49,086 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
50.37%
Sample size: 32 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

Qwaqwa Last Name Facts

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

Qwaqwa has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Qwaqwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,398,030th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. The last name Qwaqwa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Qwaqwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Qwaqwa is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 349,534. In South Africa Qwaqwa is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 55 percent reside, Gauteng, where 19 percent reside and Western Cape, where 19 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Yemen, where 1 percent reside.

Qwaqwa Last Name Statistics demography

Qwaqwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.63% less than the national average, earning R 119,688 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qhwaqhwa861/
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Ngwaqwa771/
Quwangwa711/
Kwakwa675,244/
Gwagwa671,914/
Quaqua67645/
Gwakwa67152/
Cwacwa673/
Kwagwa672/
Cwagwa672/
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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 Qwaqwa
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