Thengwa Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Thengwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thengwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1481:366,06633,202
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Thengwa Last Name Facts

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

Thengwa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thengwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Thengwa is the 1,409,418th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name Thengwa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Thengwa are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 366,066. In South Africa Thengwa is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent live, Gauteng, where 11 percent live and Western Cape, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Malawi, where 1 percent live.

Thengwa Last Name Statistics demography

Thengwa earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 14.48% more than the national average, earning R 272,052 per year.

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Themgwa865/
Thengua864/
Tengwah862/
Teungwa862/
Tengway861/
Thingwa861/
Tengwaa861/
Tngwa831/
Taengkwa80150/
Thingwai8031/
Thengbai801/
Tengba77109/
Tingwa7770/
Tengua7767/
Temgwa7728/
Tenkwa7724/
Tengwo7717/
Tengwei7181/
Taengua7179/
Tengbau7125/
Tengvad7112/
Thuengkuea7110/
Tengbea716/
Tenguha715/
Teunkwa713/
Tengkua713/
Tenghua712/
Thaengkuha711/
Tingwai711/
Themqwa711/
Thimgwa711/
Tienkwa711/
Tiengua711/
Temgwah711/
Tengvat711/
Tenguay711/
Thingvad6754/
Tiengwoh6710/
Thingbai675/
Tyongkwa674/
Teengbaa671/

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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
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  • 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 Thengwa
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