Vywer Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

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

Vywer Surname User-submission:

Origin: Afrikaans, Dutch.

Vywer: A coastal pond or tidal trap, first used for inshore fishing by Stone Age peoples.

Vywer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933

Vywer Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Origin: Afrikaans, Dutch.

Vywer: A coastal pond or tidal trap, first used for inshore fishing by Stone Age peoples.

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Vywer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vywer is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vywer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Vywer are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 1,152,717. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 43 percent are found, Western Cape, where 38 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 15 percent are found.

Vywer Last Name Statistics demography

Vywer earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.9% less than the national average, earning R 119,052 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Boywer7331/
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Viewer7324/
Vyberh7311/
Weywer738/
Vytver737/
Vyvere736/
Veyver734/
Byower731/
Viwier731/
Baywer730/
Vebr67467/
Vybe6740/
Webr6740/
Vyve6727/
Viwe6721/
Vewe6713/
Wewr673/
Wywr671/
Vywi671/
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