Sonwabe Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Sonwabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 42 | 1:1,289,945 | 71,309 |
| Liberia | 29 | 1:152,018 | 10,911 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Sonwabe (16) may also be a first name.
Sonwabe Demographics
Average Sonwabe Salary in
South Africa
R 161,196
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sonwabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonwabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonwabe is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonwabe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,185,341st most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sonwabe live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name at a global level It is held by 16 people.
This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 1,289,945. In South Africa Sonwabe is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 95 percent are found, Gauteng, where 2 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 2 percent are found. Not including South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 39 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Sonwabe Last Name Statistics demography
Sonwabe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.17% less than the national average, earning R 161,196 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonwabeh | 93 | 80 | / |
| Sonwabie | 93 | 7 | / |
| Sonwabey | 93 | 7 | / |
| Sounwabe | 93 | 6 | / |
| Sohnwabeh | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sunwabe | 86 | 124 | / |
| Sonwaba | 86 | 2 | / |
| Sonwabi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sohnwabieh | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sonwabay | 80 | 49 | / |
| Sunwabey | 80 | 18 | / |
| Sonwebeh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Djonwabe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sonnwebe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sonnwave | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sonwahbay | 75 | 6 | / |
| Sonwaabay | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sumwabe | 71 | 20 | / |
| Sunwabay | 67 | 12 | / |
| Sonbhave | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shonbabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Somwabay | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sonwabe
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