Socenywa Surname

1,257,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 183 people bear this surname

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

Socenywa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Socenywa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1821:297,68028,740
England11:55,718,059489,080

Socenywa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Socenywa is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Socenywa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,257,535th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Socenywa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 297,680. In South Africa Socenywa is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 53 percent reside, Western Cape, where 33 percent reside and Gauteng, where 11 percent reside. Beside South Africa Socenywa exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside.

Socenywa Last Name Statistics demography

Socenywa earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 12.6% less than the national average, earning R 207,696 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sochenywa9465/
Socheneva712/
Sochinyova671/
Sakeniwa6391/
Seseniwa631/
Sochineva5921/
Sesseniwa591/
Shadcheneva535/
Cocineva5012/
Cecineva502/
Zasoneva501/
Ceceneva501/

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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 Socenywa
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