Shweshwe Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

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

Shweshwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shweshwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Shweshwe (18) may also be a first name.

Shweshwe Last Name Facts

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

Shweshwe occurs most in South Africa. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shweshwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shweshwe is the 11,742,229th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Shweshwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shweshwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Shweshwe is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 18 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa Shweshwe is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 50 percent are found.

Shweshwe Last Name Statistics demography

Shweshwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 93.84% less than the national average, earning R 14,640 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shweshwa881/
Sweswe86245/
Sweswey801/
Sweeswee751/
Swezwe711/
Sweswai671/
Sweszwy670/
Svesve57226/
Suesue57155/
Swiswa5749/
Swaswy571/
Zwezwei531/
Swaisewi504/
Chwichwi503/
Shuishui501/

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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 Shweshwe
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