Verwy Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

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

Verwy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Verwy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa431:1,259,94770,377
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Verwy Last Name Facts

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

Verwy is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Verwy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Verwy is the 2,746,821st most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Verwy are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 1,259,947. In South Africa it is mostly found in: North West, where 67 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 28 percent live and Northern Cape, where 2 percent live. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 10 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.

Verwy Last Name Statistics demography

Verwy earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.11% less than the national average, earning R 25,872 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Verwey918,488/
Verwys91296/
Verway9171/
Verwaay8321/
Verwyst8321/
Verby80339/
Vervy8021/
Werwy8010/
Verwa804/
Verwe802/
Verwi801/
Varwy801/
Verweyst77116/
Verwer731,295/
Øverby731,010/
Verwee73314/
Verbyi73247/
Vervay73173/
Verwei73117/
Verwij7398/
Verbay7392/
Verbiy7351/
Vervey7347/
Verbey7341/
Varway7336/
Verwaj7318/
Verwée7313/
Verboy736/
Vervys735/
Verwjs732/
Vesrwe731/
Vherwi731/
Varwey731/
Ferwey731/
Verwis731/
Berwey731/
Berway731/
Werwey731/
Vorwey730/
Verweij677,720/
Verbooy6757/
Verweer676/
Vervych671/
Viorway671/
Verwist671/
Verweet670/
Verwess670/

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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 Verwy
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