Sphiwe Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Sphiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sphiwe (22,615) may also be a first name.
Sphiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sphiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sphiwe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sphiwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sphiwe is the 3,882,373rd most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Sphiwe live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 34,456th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 22,615 people.
The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 2,579,891. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 95 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent are found and Lesotho, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Sphiwe
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