Zirebwa Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Zirebwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zirebwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2651:58,2588,839
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Botswana41:546,73222,624
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Zirebwa (10) may also be a first name.

Zirebwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zirebwa is found most in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Zirebwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Zirebwa? popularity and diffusion

Zirebwa is the 940,398th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. The surname Zirebwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zirebwa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 10 people.

The surname Zirebwa is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 265 people, or 1 in 58,258. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 51 percent live, Harare Province, where 16 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe Zirebwa is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zirobwa86236/
Zirabwa862/
Ziribwa861/
Zirebwe861/
Chirebwa801/
Ziribwoha754/
Serebwa7157/
Sirabwa7111/
Zirapwa711/
Gireebua672/
Srebua621/
Siribua5756/
Giribua576/
Serebwe571/
Sirobwo571/
Cherebua532/
Tsereubua501/

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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 Zirebwa
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