Ranwedzi Surname

648,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 467 people bear this surname

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

Ranwedzi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ranwedzi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4641:116,76213,919
England11:55,718,059489,080
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ranwedzi (290) may also be a first name.

Ranwedzi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ranwedzi occurs most in South Africa. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ranwedzi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 648,005th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 15,605,023 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ranwedzi are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ranwedzi is also the 518,802nd most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 290 people.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 464 people, or 1 in 116,762. In South Africa Ranwedzi is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 70 percent are found, Gauteng, where 28 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Poland, where 0 percent are found.

Ranwedzi Last Name Statistics demography

Ranwedzi earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 8.01% more than the national average, earning R 256,680 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ranweedzi941/
Ranwetsi755/
Rambedzi751/
Ramwidzai7114/
Ranveci671/
Ranvijy531/
Ranvise531/
Rosenweiser531/
Ranvijay5032/
Ranvoise5012/
Ranvoisy508/
Ramwiset505/
Ranvoize503/
Reisenweazer501/
Ranvoizé501/
Rosenweitzer501/

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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 Ranwedzi
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