Sengwana Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Sengwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sengwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa881:615,65646,403
Zimbabwe741:208,62523,867

Sengwana (12) may also be a first name.

Sengwana Last Name Facts

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

Sengwana is most common in South Africa. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sengwana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,364,059th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sengwana reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sengwana is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 12 people.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 615,656. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 43 percent live, Gauteng, where 40 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 9 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 46 percent live.

Sengwana Last Name Statistics demography

Sengwana earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 15.16% more than the national average, earning R 273,672 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 Sengwana
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