Sidwi Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

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

Sidwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sidwi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
India61:127,844,230863,365

Sidwi (287) may also be a first name.

Sidwi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sidwi (Hindi: सिद्वी) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sidwi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sidwi is the 3,228,735th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Sidwi reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sidwi is also the 522,011th most prevalent forename in the world, held by 287 people.

This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 1,747,668. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 65 percent live and Gauteng, where 35 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent live.

Sidwi Last Name Statistics demography

Sidwi earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.43% less than the national average, earning R 196,212 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sidwich830/
Sidwa80456/
Sitwi8098/
Sidui8063/
Gidwi8019/
Sidvi8017/
Sidbi807/
Sidwe803/
Zidwi802/
Seidewei771/
Sidhwa73429/
Sidway73140/
Sitwip7383/
Saidui7353/
Siddui7325/
Sidvis7319/
Sitwit7312/
Sidewe7310/
Saidbi737/
Shidbi736/
Sidevi736/
Saidvi736/
Sidhvi734/
Saidwa734/
Sidhui733/
Seidui732/
Zaidwi731/
Sidewy731/
Sitwai731/
Siduie731/
Saidway6713/
Sid'ewe677/
Saitwai677/
Sideway675/
Saidevi674/
Seidevi674/
Sidduie672/
Zeidwid671/
Siddhvi671/
Seidwer671/
Shaidbi671/
Sedwith670/
Siddway670/

Sidwi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sidwi in the Hindi language
सिद्वीsidvi68.42
सिद्विsidvi31.58

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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 Sidwi
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis