Struwig Surname
Approximately 3,034 people bear this surname
Struwig Surname Definition:
“Scrubby” from German “Struppig” - scrubby- as applied to hair.
Struwig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,903 | 1:18,663 | 2,354 |
| Australia | 69 | 1:391,242 | 31,907 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Strüwig (21) are calculated separately.
Struwig Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Scrubby” from German “Struppig” - scrubby- as applied to hair.
Struwig Demographics
Average Struwig Salary in
South Africa
R 396,084
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Struwig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Struwig Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Struwig is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Strüwig. For other potential spellings of Struwig click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Struwig? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 146,197th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,401,960 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Struwig are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,903 people, or 1 in 18,663. In South Africa Struwig is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 34 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent live and Western Cape, where 11 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Struwig Last Name Statistics demography
Struwig earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.68% more than the national average, earning R 396,084 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strüwig | 95 | 21 | / |
| Struiwig | 93 | 16 | / |
| Struiwigh | 88 | 18 | / |
| Strowig | 86 | 106 | / |
| Struweg | 86 | 85 | / |
| Striwig | 86 | 0 | / |
| Struyweg | 80 | 43 | / |
| Striewig | 80 | 27 | / |
| Streubig | 80 | 4 | / |
| Struwick | 80 | 1 | / |
| Strausweg | 75 | 0 | / |
| Strussweg | 75 | 0 | / |
| Strübig | 71 | 136 | / |
| Strowik | 71 | 28 | / |
| Struvik | 71 | 2 | / |
| Strubic | 71 | 1 | / |
| Struvic | 71 | 1 | / |
| Strowick | 67 | 66 | / |
| Strüyweg | 67 | 6 | / |
| Strubek | 57 | 2 | / |
| Strubeck | 53 | 109 | / |
| Stroevic | 53 | 1 | / |
| Stroevik | 53 | 1 | / |
| Straubeck | 50 | 3 | / |
| Shtraubek | 50 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
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