Sgwane Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Swaziland
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Sgwane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sgwane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Swaziland1771:7,334424
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Sgwane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sgwane is more commonly found in Swaziland than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sgwane click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sgwane? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,231,034th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. Sgwane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sgwane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Sgwane is most commonly held in Swaziland, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 7,334. Besides Swaziland Sgwane occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent live and Lesotho, where 1 percent live.

Sgwane Last Name Statistics demography

Sgwane earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.73% less than the national average, earning R 197,880 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sgwani83109/
Sgwana8311/
Skwane831/
Singwanne804/
Singqwane802/
Sengkwane801/
Syngwan77111/
Shjgwan771/
Scwan733/
Sguan732/
Skwan731/
Sinkwane7162/
Singwaan7128/
Sinqwane7112/
Singhwan717/
Siengwan715/
Cengwane711/
Sengwhan711/
Singhwani6710/
Sienghwan6710/
Sqwana675/
Skwani673/
Skwana673/
Zghwan673/
Singqwani672/
Siengwhan671/
Scwain671/

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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 Sgwane
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