Jwani Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Jwani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Jwani (49) may also be a first name.
Jwani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jwani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jwani occurs most in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jwani? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jwani is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Jwani is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Jwani reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most widely held first name globally, borne by 49 people.
The last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 9,759,820. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kampala District, where 50 percent reside, Buikwe District, where 25 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 25 percent reside. Beside Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 38 percent reside and Kenya, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Jwani
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