Zwiyo Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Zwiyo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zwiyo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Zwiyo Last Name Facts

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

Zwiyo occurs most in Botswana. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zwiyo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,944,094th most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zwiyo live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Zwiyo is most frequent in Botswana, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 66,271. Excluding Botswana Zwiyo is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zviyo80159/
Zwiye801/
Zuiyo801/
Zwiya801/
Dzviyo731/
Dzuiyo731/
Zwai6736/
Zwei6717/
Zway6712/
Zwoj671/
Zwey671/
Zwoe671/
Zwuy671/

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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 Zwiyo
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