Rwaxa Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

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

Rwaxa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rwaxa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2581:209,99122,252

Rwaxa Last Name Facts

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

Rwaxa is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rwaxa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 993,593rd most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rwaxa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 258 people, or 1 in 209,991. In South Africa Rwaxa is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 66 percent are found, Gauteng, where 19 percent are found and Western Cape, where 12 percent are found.

Rwaxa Last Name Statistics demography

Rwaxa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.25% less than the national average, earning R 118,236 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rwasa8012,668/
Rwaxo804/
Rwexa801/
Rwasha7367/
Rwassa7324/
Rwaasa739/
Rwaisa731/
Rwaisha671/
Rwatsha671/
Rwachai671/

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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 Rwaxa
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