Shakwane Surname

191,699th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,198 people bear this surname

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

Shakwane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shakwane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,1931:24,7053,147
England21:27,859,030389,889
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Shakwane (157) may also be a first name.

Shakwane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shakwane is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shakwane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 191,699th most frequently held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,315,535 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shakwane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Shakwane is also the 732,696th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 157 people.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,193 people, or 1 in 24,705. In South Africa Shakwane is primarily found in: Mpumalanga, where 58 percent reside, Gauteng, where 26 percent reside and Limpopo, where 11 percent reside. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Kuwait, where 0 percent reside.

Shakwane Last Name Statistics demography

Shakwane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.62% less than the national average, earning R 164,868 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
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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 Shakwane
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