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
The surname Shwai is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shwai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,649,806th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name Shwai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Shwai reside; 55 percent reside in Southern Africa and 55 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most widely held given name worldwide. It is borne by 35 people.
Shwai is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 1,425,729. In South Africa it is most frequent in: North West, where 63 percent live, Gauteng, where 34 percent live and Western Cape, where 3 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common 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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