Schalkwyk Surname

170,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,537 people bear this surname

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

Schalkwyk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schalkwyk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,3221:23,3322,967
Canada571:646,41452,764
England501:1,114,36153,243
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Schalkwyk (65) may also be a first name.

Schalkwyk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schalkwyk is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schalkwyk? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 170,010th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 2,872,505 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Schalkwyk live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Schalkwyk is also the 1,212,820th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 65 people.

It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,322 people, or 1 in 23,332. In South Africa Schalkwyk is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 32 percent live, Western Cape, where 16 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live. Aside from South Africa it exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Schalkwyk Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Schalkwyk earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 53.73% less than the national average, earning 160,142 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 6.31% more than the national average, earning R 252,624 per year; in United States they earn 7.07% more than the national average, earning $46,200 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.25% more than the national average, earning $56,762 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schalckwyk952/
Schailkwyk951/
Shalkwyk942/
Scalkwyk941/
Schalkwayck901/
Schalkwyijk901/
Schalkwjk891/
Schalkwijk841,183/
Schalkiwijk801/
Schuliakewich5514/
Salgvik501/

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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 Schalkwyk
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