Tshiwela Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

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

Tshiwela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tshiwela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1991:272,25027,005
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Tshiwela (4,689) may also be a first name.

Tshiwela Last Name Facts

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

Tshiwela is found most in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tshiwela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,038,570th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tshiwela reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tshiwela is also the 100,047th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 4,689 people.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 272,250. In South Africa Tshiwela is most common in: Limpopo, where 80 percent live and Gauteng, where 20 percent live. Other than South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Tshiwela Last Name Statistics demography

Tshiwela earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.45% less than the national average, earning R 193,800 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tshihwela94148/
Tsiwela931/
Tshiwala88678/
Tshibela88137/
Tshiwila8834/
Tshivela8827/
Tshiwola884/
Tshiwele884/
Tshewela881/
Tshiviela8275/
Tshaibela821/
Tshisuela821/
Tsibela80603/
Chiwela80322/
Tchivela752,768/
Tshibila75568/
Tshiwolo75103/
Tshivila7555/
Tshibeli7534/
Tchiwila755/
Tshibelo753/
Chihwela752/
Tshiwilo752/
Tshiwalo752/
Tshivelo751/
Tshuvila751/
Tshiwili751/
Tchibela751/
Tchewela751/
Tchiwele751/
Tsevhela751/
Tshebela751/
Tshivuila71324/
Tshibuila71260/
Tshisuila7127/
Tshivhelo7125/
Ziwela713/
Tshivhola712/
Ciwela711/
Chivela677,742/
Chiwele674,730/
Chiwila672,875/
Chibela67632/
Tsebela67209/
Tsibele6796/
Tsivola6770/
Tsiveli6728/
Tsivele678/
Tsibelo676/
Tsewele674/
Chewela674/
Tsibila672/
Dziwela671/
Tsebila671/

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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 Tshiwela
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