Rofhiwa Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Iceland

Rofhiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rofhiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rofhiwa (7,839) may also be a first name.

Rofhiwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rofhiwa is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Rofhiwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Rofhiwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rofhiwa is the 4,649,889th most widespread surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Rofhiwa live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 72,069th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 7,839 people.

The last name Rofhiwa is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa Rofhiwa is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 88 percent are found and Limpopo, where 13 percent are found. Besides South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Iceland, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rofhiwah931/
Rofieva712,069/
Rafiwach6767/
Rhaphiwa671/
Rafiba622/
Rafiva621/
Rafiwe621/
Rafieva575,058/
Rofeeva5714/
Refieva5714/
Rafewad571/
Rafiwue571/
Raphiwe571/
Rapheswa532/
Rafieyva531/
Raphibhai501/

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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 Rofhiwa
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