Sintwa Surname

862,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315 people bear this surname

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

Sintwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sintwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2791:194,18520,980
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
England11:55,718,059489,080
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Sintwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sintwa occurs most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sintwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 862,604th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sintwa live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Sintwa is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 279 people, or 1 in 194,185. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 60 percent live, Gauteng, where 22 percent live and Western Cape, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Sintwa Last Name Statistics demography

Sintwa earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.89% more than the national average, earning R 239,760 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shintwa9249/
Sindwa83384/
Sentwa83175/
Sintua8387/
Simtwa835/
Sintwe833/
Sintwo831/
Gintwa831/
Sindway7747/
Sintuas779/
Chintwa778/
Sindhwa774/
Sindwaj773/
Sindwad773/
Sindwaz771/
Sindhwad7194/
Sinntuah716/
Chintwad714/
Chintwua712/
Chintway711/
Shintuah711/
Sintwich711/
Sindhwaz711/
Sendwa671,263/
Jindwa67815/
Sindua67233/
Centwa6766/
Gintua6710/
Cintua678/
Sindwe677/
Sindva677/
Semtwa675/
Sintue673/
Zindwa672/
Sindhwaad672/
Simtwo671/
Simdwa671/
Sindba671/
Sndwea671/
Sindwi671/
Sndwah671/

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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 Sintwa
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