Sonkwele Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

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

Sonkwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonkwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa741:732,13151,520

Sonkwele Last Name Facts

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

Sonkwele occurs most in South Africa. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonkwele? popularity and diffusion

Sonkwele is the 2,203,767th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. Sonkwele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sonkwele are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 732,131. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 53 percent reside, Gauteng, where 34 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent reside.

Sonkwele Last Name Statistics demography

Sonkwele earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 7.72% less than the national average, earning R 219,300 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 Sonkwele
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