Zawe Surname
Approximately 942 people bear this surname
Zawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 495 | 1:31,188 | 4,820 |
| Zambia | 146 | 1:108,561 | 8,496 |
| Benin | 87 | 1:118,800 | 13,087 |
| Burkina Faso | 58 | 1:316,416 | 5,491 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Zawe (97) may also be a first name.
Zawe Demographics
Average Zawe Salary in
South Africa
R 59,748
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Zawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zawe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﺍﻭ) is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zawe is the 378,966th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 7,736,248 people. The last name Zawe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Zawe reside; 72 percent reside in Southern Africa and 72 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Zawe is also the 962,660th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 97 people.
The surname Zawe is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 495 people, or 1 in 31,188. In Zimbabwe Zawe is mostly found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 37 percent are found, Harare Province, where 34 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 14 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe this surname exists in 23 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 15 percent are found and Benin, where 9 percent are found.
Zawe Last Name Statistics demography
Zawe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.86% less than the national average, earning R 59,748 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zawe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zawe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﺍﻭ | zaw | - |
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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 Zawe
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