Thunyiwe Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Thunyiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Thunyiwe (670) may also be a first name.
Thunyiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thunyiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thunyiwe is found most in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Thunyiwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thunyiwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Thunyiwe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Thunyiwe is also the 320,531st most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 670 people.
The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Thunyiwe is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 33 percent live, North West, where 33 percent live and Western Cape, where 33 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Botswana, where 25 percent live.
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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 Thunyiwe
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