Singwana Surname

1,129,067th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 214 people bear this surname

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

Singwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Singwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1971:275,01427,210
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Singwana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Singwana is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Singwana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,129,067th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. Singwana is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Singwana are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Singwana is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 197 people, or 1 in 275,014. In South Africa it is most common in: Mpumalanga, where 79 percent live, Gauteng, where 17 percent live and Limpopo, where 1 percent live. Beside South Africa Singwana exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 4 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.

Singwana Last Name Statistics demography

Singwana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.33% less than the national average, earning R 101,400 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 Singwana
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