Shwala Surname
Approximately 913 people bear this surname
Shwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 900 | 1:60,197 | 7,598 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Shwala Demographics
Average Shwala Salary in
South Africa
R 143,220
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Shwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shwala has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shwala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 388,475th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,981,978 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shwala reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Shwala is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 900 people, or 1 in 60,197. In South Africa Shwala is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 83 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and North West, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Shwala Last Name Statistics demography
Shwala earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.73% less than the national average, earning R 143,220 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 Shwala
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