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 carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sonwabe.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonwabe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,185,341st most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sonwabe are found; 56 percent are found in Southern Africa and 56 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sonwabe is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 1,289,945. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 95 percent are found, Gauteng, where 2 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 2 percent are found. Outside of South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found 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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