Shwai Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Shwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Shwai (35) may also be a first name.
Shwai Demographics
Average Shwai Salary in
South Africa
R 130,848
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Shwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shwai is found most in South Africa. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,649,806th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Shwai live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Shwai is also the 1,744,716th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 35 people.
Shwai is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 1,425,729. In South Africa Shwai is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 63 percent live, Gauteng, where 34 percent live and Western Cape, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and Botswana, where 23 percent live.
Shwai Last Name Statistics demography
Shwai earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.94% less than the national average, earning R 130,848 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 Shwai
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