Tswana Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

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

Tswana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tswana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1111:488,08740,113
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Tswana (36) may also be a first name.

Tswana Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Tswana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,658,108th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tswana live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 36 people.

The surname Tswana is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 488,087. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 60 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 18 percent live and Gauteng, where 16 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Tswana Last Name Statistics demography

Tswana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.71% less than the national average, earning R 90,984 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tshwana92297/
Tswaana9229/
Tswanea921/
Tshwaana86109/
Tswane83496/
Tsvana8361/
Tswani8311/
Tsuana833/
Tswena831/
Tswano831/
Tshwane771,996/
Tswaane7762/
Tsvanga7714/
Tsuanga774/
Tshwani772/
Thswane772/
Tshwona771/
Tswhane771/
Tshwano771/
Zwana73754/
Cwana7359/
Tshwaane71920/
Tshwango711/
Tshuanga711/
Tsvangai711/
Cwajna67562/
Cwayna6757/
Zwaina6742/
Dzwana6715/
Zwanna679/
Zwanah679/
Tsvanh677/
Tsuane675/
Chwana674/
Tsuani672/
Tsvano672/
Zwuana671/
Zwaana671/
Cwauna671/

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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 Tswana
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