Seruwe Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

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

Seruwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seruwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1801:300,98728,973
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Seruwe (77) may also be a first name.

Seruwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Seruwe is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Seruwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Seruwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,244,200th most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. The last name Seruwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Seruwe live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 77 people.

It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 300,987. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 46 percent reside, Free State, where 31 percent reside and North West, where 23 percent reside. Beside South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.

Seruwe Last Name Statistics demography

Seruwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.68% less than the national average, earning R 129,096 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sseruwe9221/
Seruwa83165/
Serowe83112/
Soruwe8346/
Saruwe8313/
Siruwe8310/
Serube836/
Sereuw834/
Seriwe831/
Jeruwe831/
Sserube7720/
Sseruwa7718/
Sheruwa7712/
Geruwes777/
Saruwej774/
Serowey770/
Serubey770/
Sseruwajje751/
Ceruw734/
Siruw732/
Getrouwe716/
Serroube712/
Seruwaja711/
Serowy67182/
Serive6770/
Siruwa6757/
Serubi6754/
Seruby6745/
Siriwe6745/
Saruwi6741/
Soriwe6730/
Zeruwa6727/
Seriwi6715/
Soruve677/
Serowi676/
Seruwaggi675/
Saruve673/
Geruwi673/
Ceruwa671/
Sariwe671/
Sirowe671/
Sirube671/
Seroow671/
Scheruver670/

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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 Seruwe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis