Tongwane Surname
Approximately 546 people bear this surname
Tongwane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 507 | 1:106,859 | 12,889 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Tongwane (37) may also be a first name.
Tongwane Demographics
Average Tongwane Salary in
South Africa
R 193,812
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Tongwane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongwane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tongwane occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tongwane.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongwane? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 576,198th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,347,154 people. The surname Tongwane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tongwane live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 37 people.
The surname Tongwane is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 507 people, or 1 in 106,859. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Northern Cape, where 39 percent live, North West, where 30 percent live and Gauteng, where 17 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 6 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Tongwane Last Name Statistics demography
Tongwane earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.44% less than the national average, earning R 193,812 per year.
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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 Tongwane
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