Tsvanhu Surname

363,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 995 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tsvanhu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsvanhu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe9761:15,8182,264
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Tsvanhu Last Name Facts

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

Tsvanhu has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsvanhu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 363,083rd most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 7,324,167 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tsvanhu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 976 people, or 1 in 15,818. In Zimbabwe Tsvanhu is most frequent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 36 percent reside, Harare Province, where 23 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 2 percent reside and The Gambia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tsvanu9240/
Tswanhu8639/
Tsuanhu861/
Tswanu7753/
Tsbangu711/
Tsuaniu711/
Tshwangu6725/
Tshbangu674/
Tsimpanou631/
Tswenu621/
Chuanhu578/
Dzvangu577/
Tshwenu572/
Tchuanu571/
Chuaynhu534/
Chuanhui531/
Chuanhou531/
Tchbangu531/
Chshbanu531/
Zwanu505/
Tchuangou504/
Zuanu501/

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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 Tsvanhu
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