Sedwaba Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

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

Sedwaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sedwaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638

Sedwaba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sedwaba is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sedwaba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sedwaba is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Sedwaba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sedwaba live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Sedwaba is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 4,514,809. In South Africa Sedwaba is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 92 percent reside and North West, where 8 percent reside.

Sedwaba Last Name Statistics demography

Sedwaba earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 12.53% more than the national average, earning R 267,408 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Setwaba86753/
Sidwaba86129/
Cedwaba864/
Zedwaba862/
Gedwaba861/
Sitwaba714/
Setwabo711/
Satwaba711/
Sidvabhai636/
Shidvabhai594/
Satueba57107/
Zidweba5710/
Sidwave571/
Seyduova531/
Saiduhabi501/

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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 Sedwaba
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