Tholiwe Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Tholiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tholiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana41:546,73222,624
England11:55,718,059489,080

Tholiwe (4,102) may also be a first name.

Tholiwe Last Name Facts

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

Tholiwe occurs most in Botswana. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tholiwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tholiwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Tholiwe live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tholiwe is also the 108,644th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 4,102 people.

It is most numerous in Botswana, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 546,732. Without taking into account Botswana it is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toliwe9229/
Thaliwe8619/
Taliwe771,464/
Tolive7726/
Toliwa779/
Tolawe775/
Toluwe773/
Tolewe772/
Teliwe772/
Tolibe771/
Toliver719,001/
Toliave7119/
Tolieva715/
Tolivei712/
Tolivet711/
Tahliwa711/
Thelive711/
Tolouwe711/
Tolyewe711/
Toulewe711/
Tolawee711/
Tolliver6714,306/
Toylieva6748/
Taliw673/
Toloiver673/
Thalivhe671/
Toolieva671/
Tollivey671/
Tollivet671/
Tollewer670/
Tholever670/
Tollewey670/

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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 Tholiwe
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