Xhosa Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Xhosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 365 | 1:148,432 | 16,900 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Xhosa (23) may also be a first name.
Xhosa Demographics
Average Xhosa Salary in
South Africa
R 125,460
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Xhosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Xhosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Xhosa occurs most in South Africa. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Xhosa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 744,013th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. The last name Xhosa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Xhosa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Xhosa is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 23 people.
The surname Xhosa is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 365 people, or 1 in 148,432. In South Africa Xhosa is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 37 percent live, Western Cape, where 27 percent live and Gauteng, where 26 percent live. Excluding South Africa it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 2 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
Xhosa Last Name Statistics demography
Xhosa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.21% less than the national average, earning R 125,460 per year.
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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 Xhosa
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