Tikwayo Surname

757,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 378 people bear this surname

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

Tikwayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tikwayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3741:144,86016,543
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tikwayo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tikwayo is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tikwayo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 757,040th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tikwayo are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 374 people, or 1 in 144,860. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent live, Gauteng, where 18 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.

Tikwayo Last Name Statistics demography

Tikwayo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.37% less than the national average, earning R 160,704 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tukwayo86837/
Tekwayo8630/
Tykwayo861/
Thukwayo80176/
Tekway779/
Tiguayo7137/
Tukwayi719/
Tukwaya712/
Tikwaha711/
Tukwaye711/
Tukwoyo711/
Tuckway710/
Thugwayo671/
Thukwayi671/

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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 Tikwayo
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