Zweni Surname

51,343rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,982 people bear this surname

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

Zweni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zweni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9,9431:5,449686
Lesotho171:119,56211,827
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Zweni (509) may also be a first name.

Zweni Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zweni occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zweni? popularity and diffusion

The last name Zweni is the 51,343rd most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 730,069 people. The last name Zweni is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zweni reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Zweni is also the 375,029th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 509 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 9,943 people, or 1 in 5,449. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 57 percent reside, Western Cape, where 13 percent reside and Gauteng, where 10 percent reside. Barring South Africa it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 0 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.

Zweni Last Name Statistics demography

Zweni earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.67% less than the national average, earning R 117,228 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zwenii911/
Zweini911/
Zwenie911/
Zwene8032/
Zueni8025/
Cweni8022/
Zveni8010/
Zwini806/
Zweny804/
Zwenj801/
Zwaini73287/
Dzwene7363/
Tsweni7360/
Zweine7323/
Zweyne7310/
Zuheni732/
Zveniy731/
Tjweni731/
Zwiniy731/
Tshweni6791/
Z'Weine674/
Zuheini674/
Thsweni673/
Zweeney673/
Tzhveni671/
Tswenyi671/
Sczweny671/

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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 Zweni
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