Shwapa Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

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

Shwapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shwapa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Shwapa Last Name Facts

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

Shwapa is found most frequently in South Africa. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shwapa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shwapa live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 60 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 30 percent are found and Free State, where 10 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found.

Shwapa Last Name Statistics demography

Shwapa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 79.9% less than the national average, earning R 47,760 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shwapha921/
Swapa9166/
Schwaupa862/
Schwappa860/
Szwapa833/
Swaipa831/
Swappa831/
Schwapach801/
Shuapha771/
Chwapad771/
Souhapa771/
Schwape771/
Schwappach75363/
Swapi73643/
Swepa73242/
Suapa7335/
Swapo7335/
Swape739/
Schwappe716/
Schweppa711/
Swaphi6778/
Swaipe6714/
Suhepa678/
Swapie678/
Chuapa678/
Suaspa676/
Shuapi676/
Swaper674/
Swapee674/
Swaphe673/
Suapat673/
Swapys672/
Shwope672/
Shwopi671/
Svappa671/
Sweape671/
Swaipi671/
Swuape671/
Szwepa671/
Swapoy670/

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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 Shwapa
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