Thenjwayo Surname

575,362nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 547 people bear this surname

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

Thenjwayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thenjwayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5441:99,59112,088
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Thenjwayo (22) may also be a first name.

Thenjwayo Last Name Facts

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

Thenjwayo is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thenjwayo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Thenjwayo is the 575,362nd most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 13,322,753 people. Thenjwayo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Thenjwayo live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Thenjwayo is also the 2,301,746th most widespread first name globally, borne by 22 people.

The surname Thenjwayo is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 544 people, or 1 in 99,591. In South Africa Thenjwayo is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 37 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 37 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 19 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

Thenjwayo Last Name Statistics demography

Thenjwayo earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 13.81% less than the national average, earning R 204,816 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thenjwayho952/
Tenjwayo9421/
Thenjweyo891/
Theniwayo891/
Thanjwayo891/
Tenebay6391/
Tyneway6311/
Tenewaa634/
Tanjuay632/
Tenewai631/
Tenibay631/
Tenibayi592/
Tenibaye591/
Tenevoy5084/
Tenebou5034/
Toniwai5019/
Tenibai502/
Tanivay501/
Tinibay501/
Tonewou501/
Tenewei501/
Teniwei501/

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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 Thenjwayo
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