Sangweni Surname

28,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,944 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Sangweni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sangweni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa16,6231:3,259432
Swaziland1,0861:1,195153
Malawi4711:36,3465,352
Zimbabwe4531:34,0805,248
Zambia2451:64,6945,750
England211:2,653,24194,788
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Sangweni (166) may also be a first name.

Sangweni Last Name Facts

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

Sangweni is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sangweni? popularity and diffusion

It is the 28,356th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 384,689 people. Sangweni is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sangweni live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 710,504th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 166 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 16,623 people, or 1 in 3,259. In South Africa Sangweni is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 64 percent are found, Gauteng, where 20 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 11 percent are found. Other than South Africa it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Swaziland, where 6 percent are found and Malawi, where 2 percent are found.

Sangweni Last Name Statistics demography

Sangweni earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.92% less than the national average, earning R 145,152 per year.

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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 Sangweni
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