Yigwani Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

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

Yigwani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yigwani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236

Yigwani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yigwani is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yigwani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,543,123rd most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yigwani live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Yigwani is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 1,747,668. In South Africa Yigwani is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 84 percent live, Gauteng, where 13 percent live and Free State, where 3 percent live.

Yigwani Last Name Statistics demography

Yigwani earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.8% more than the national average, earning R 249,036 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yekwani7135/
Yegwana712/
Egwanyi711/
Iigbani711/
Yeguanoi671/
Aiyegbani632/
Ekwani62328/
Ekweani57259/
Egwange57132/
Yegbane5748/
Egwanea5727/
Ekwuani5712/
Egwaine575/
Eghvani574/
Yekwane572/
Jegvani572/
Ekwauni571/
Ekwangi571/
Gekwane571/
Yeguanoy534/
Gengwane532/
Ehiguana531/
Yegbouni531/
Yegbeane531/

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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 Yigwani
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