Sizwe Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

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

Sizwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sizwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa691:785,18453,751
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sizwe (38,708) may also be a first name.

Sizwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sizwe is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sizwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,220,661st most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname Sizwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sizwe reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 22,841st most widespread first name at a global level, held by 38,708 people.

It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 785,184. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 68 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 26 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 3 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Sizwe Last Name Statistics demography

Sizwe earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.97% more than the national average, earning R 403,908 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sizewe9111/
Sizwa80185/
Sicwe8070/
Zizwe8051/
Sizue804/
Sizve801/
Sizwi801/
Sichwe73225/
Seizew7332/
Saizew7330/
Chizwe7322/
Shizue7318/
Shizwa734/
Saizue732/
Soijwe732/
Dzizwe731/
Sidzue731/
Suizver6716/
Cizw672/
Schizue672/
Shizuhe671/
Syzw671/
Suizvet671/
Suizves671/
Shizzue671/

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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 Sizwe
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