Toliwe Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

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

Toliwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Toliwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458

Toliwe (243) may also be a first name.

Toliwe Last Name Facts

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

Toliwe occurs most in South Africa. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Toliwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Toliwe is the 3,665,662nd most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Toliwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Toliwe are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Toliwe is also the 573,164th most commonly held given name throughout the world, borne by 243 people.

The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 2,083,758. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 77 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 15 percent are found and Gauteng, where 4 percent are found. Not including South Africa Toliwe occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found.

Toliwe Last Name Statistics demography

Toliwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.85% less than the national average, earning R 24,132 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tholiwe925/
Taliwe831,464/
Tolive8326/
Toliwa839/
Tolawe835/
Toluwe833/
Tolewe832/
Teliwe832/
Tolibe831/
Toliver779,001/
Thaliwe7719/
Toliave7719/
Tolieva775/
Tolivei772/
Toulewe771/
Tolyewe771/
Tolouwe771/
Thuliwe771/
Tolivet771/
Tolawee771/
Taliw733/
Tolliver7114,306/
Toylieva7148/
Toloiver713/
Tollivet711/
Tollivey711/
Toolieva711/
Tollewer710/
Tollewey710/
Talibe67416/
Tolewa67111/
Tolibi6793/
Talawe6772/
Tolebi6749/
Toliva6740/
Telewe6729/
Talewe6720/
Teluwe6713/
Tolave6713/
Taliwa6710/
Toyliyeva675/
Toluwi672/
Talive672/
Toluve672/
Tolebe672/
Tolloiver671/
Tolliveer671/
Toilliver671/
Telive671/
Taluwe671/
Toyliyewa671/
Tolevi671/

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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 Toliwe
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