Zizwe Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Zizwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zizwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080

Zizwe (539) may also be a first name.

Zizwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zizwe is found most frequently in South Africa. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zizwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,718,172nd most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Zizwe are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 363,109th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 539 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 1,641,749. In South Africa Zizwe is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 88 percent are found, Gauteng, where 3 percent are found and Limpopo, where 3 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dzizwe911/
Zizw891/
Sizwe8073/
Zicwe801/
Zezwe801/
Zizwa801/
Ziezwa7354/
Chizwe7322/
Zaizew736/
Zizuie731/
Dzidzwa6758/
Zezw674/
Gizw671/
Zjzw671/

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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 Zizwe
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