Xhonywa Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

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

Xhonywa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Xhonywa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1401:386,98434,477

Xhonywa Last Name Facts

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

Xhonywa is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Xhonywa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,497,948th most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Xhonywa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 386,984. In South Africa Xhonywa is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 44 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 31 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 13 percent reside.

Xhonywa Last Name Statistics demography

Xhonywa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.98% less than the national average, earning R 97,476 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Xonywa925/
Xhanywa86130/
Xhenywa861/
Nxonywa861/
Xanywa77307/
Shoniwa716,302/
Sonyowa7117/
Shonhwa7113/
Nxanywa712/
Choniwa711/
Shonhiwa679,096/
Nhxanywa677/
Shonihwa674/
Chonhiwa672/
Shoniwea671/
Shoniewa671/
Schonewa670/

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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 Xhonywa
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