Tshwala Surname

749,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 383 people bear this surname

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

Tshwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tshwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3221:168,25418,737
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Zimbabwe191:812,53955,590
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Tshwala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tshwala is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tshwala? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 749,861st most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 19,027,535 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tshwala live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Tshwala is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 322 people, or 1 in 168,254. In South Africa Tshwala is most prevalent in: Mpumalanga, where 65 percent are found, Gauteng, where 25 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent are found. Not including South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found.

Tshwala Last Name Statistics demography

Tshwala earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.36% less than the national average, earning R 103,704 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tshwaela9338/
Tshwaila939/
Tswala9269/
Tshwale86625/
Tshwela86120/
Tshuala8655/
Tswaela862/
Tshwatlo801/
Chwala77652/
Tswale77139/
Tsuala7771/
Tzwala7727/
Tswela779/
Tswali777/
Zhwala771/
Tswaile71199/
Tshbola7196/
Chwalla7141/
Tchuala7132/
Thswale7131/
Tswalle7118/
Tshuela715/
Chwaula712/
Tsualla712/
Tswehla711/
Chwalia710/
Cwala67346/
Zwala6718/
Tsuhailo676/
Chsehewalla671/
Chwallea670/

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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 Tshwala
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