Thakwana Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Thakwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thakwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517

Thakwana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Thakwana Come From? nationality or country of origin

Thakwana is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thakwana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Thakwana is the 4,206,983rd most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 68 percent of Thakwana live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 3,611,847. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 47 percent live, Limpopo, where 47 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 7 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent live.

Thakwana Last Name Statistics demography

Thakwana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.24% less than the national average, earning R 65,964 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Takwana93710/
Thagwana88767/
Thokwana88216/
Thekwana8817/
Takwaana882/
Tankwana881/
Takwuana881/
Takwatna881/
Taekwana881/
Thancwana821/
Tokwana80695/
Tekwana8080/
Tagwana8038/
Taqwana8026/
Takuana8022/
Takwena8022/
Takwano801/
Taukwena7521/
Thogwana7520/
Thegwana752/
Takwonna751/
Takuanga751/
Tagwagna751/
Taungwana711/
Tangwanna711/
Tekwano6720/
Takuano6710/
Togwana676/
Tegwana673/
Tagbana672/
Taquana672/
Tagwena672/
Thongwanna671/
Taguana671/
Takuona671/

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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 Thakwana
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