Sonwabe Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Liberia

Sonwabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonwabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa421:1,289,94571,309
Liberia291:152,01810,911
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Sonwabe (16) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sonwabeh9380/
Sonwabie937/
Sonwabey937/
Sounwabe936/
Sohnwabeh881/
Sunwabe86124/
Sonwaba862/
Sonwabi861/
Sohnwabieh821/
Sonwabay8049/
Sunwabey8018/
Sonwebeh802/
Djonwabe801/
Sonnwebe801/
Sonnwave801/
Sonwahbay756/
Sonwaabay751/
Sumwabe7120/
Sunwabay6712/
Sonbhave671/
Shonbabi671/
Somwabay671/

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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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