Shweme Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

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

Shweme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shweme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539

Shweme Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shweme occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shweme? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,776,799th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shweme live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Shweme is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 1,504,936. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 81 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 19 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 27 percent live.

Shweme Last Name Statistics demography

Shweme earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.28% less than the national average, earning R 99,144 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shwemer9210/
Shwem911/
Schwemer86614/
Schwemme8638/
Shwiemeh861/
Schwem83123/
Shwemi8314/
Shweim8311/
Suheme835/
Shwema833/
Shwemm832/
Shwame832/
Szweme831/
Sweeme831/
Swemeh831/
Swemey830/
Swem802,527/
Schweimer80156/
Schwetmer800/
Schwehm77781/
Schweim77703/
Swemmer77663/
Schwemm77319/
Suhemed7727/
Schwiem7727/
Szwemer7718/
Shvemer7716/
Shwimer7714/
Sweemey777/
Schwema776/
Schweem775/
Sweemeu773/
Schwime772/
Souheme771/
Sweemie771/
Shweami771/
Schwame771/
Sweimeh771/
Suheime771/
Jschwemmer751/
Schwaemmee750/
Sweem73206/
Swema73196/
Sueme7388/
Swame7357/
Sweum7336/
Swemm7319/
Swemi7314/
Szwem7311/
Swuem739/
Swemy735/
Swime731/
Shuem731/
Sweim730/
Shwim730/
Schwimer71183/
Schvemer71156/
Schuemie7173/
Schuemer7142/
Shvemmer7116/
Shveymer719/
Szwemmer717/
Suheimee711/
Shwaimeh711/
Shuheime711/
Schwamme711/
Sweitmer710/
Schwim67168/
Swymer67145/
Shwami6799/
Swimme6754/
Schvemmer6725/
Swamee6724/
Swemma6723/
Svemer6722/
Swaime6717/
Schuemmer6714/
Suemer6712/
Svejme677/
Schuem675/
Shwamy674/
Chueme673/
Sweamy673/
Souhem672/
Szwesm672/
Shuemi672/
Swamey672/
Suemea671/
Swayme671/
Sweami671/
Sweemi671/
Suemee671/
Swimey670/
Sweemy670/
Shuhem670/
Swomey670/

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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 Shweme
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