Tshongwane Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tshongwane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tshongwane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Tshongwane (3) may also be a first name.

Tshongwane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tshongwane occurs most in South Africa. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tshongwane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tshongwane is the 10,311,814th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Tshongwane is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tshongwane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 7,463,778th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 3 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa Tshongwane is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 50 percent reside and North West, where 50 percent reside. Besides South Africa Tshongwane exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent reside.

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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 Tshongwane
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