Tshamiswe Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

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

Tshamiswe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tshamiswe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1401:386,98434,477

Tshamiswe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tshamiswe is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tshamiswe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,497,948th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tshamiswe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Tshamiswe is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 386,984. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 81 percent are found, Gauteng, where 11 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 6 percent are found.

Tshamiswe Last Name Statistics demography

Tshamiswe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.64% less than the national average, earning R 86,412 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tshamiswa895/
Tshamuswe895/
Chamiswe822/
Tsamewe751/
Zamiwe671/
Camiswa633/
Tchamebe5913/
Tsomieva599/
Tsameeva591/
Camewe531/
Zomiwe531/
Dzamibe506/
Chamebi501/
Chamjui501/

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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
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  • 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 Tshamiswe
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