Sabwami Surname

496,702nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 664 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Sabwami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sabwami Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6601:69,9706,642
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

Sabwami (144) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Sabwami Demographics

Sabwami Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 12 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Sabwami Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sabwami is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sabwami? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 496,702nd most frequent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 10,975,220 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sabwami reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 769,375th most prevalent given name internationally, held by 144 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 660 people, or 1 in 69,970. In Kenya Sabwami is mostly concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 72 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 15 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 12 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Sabwami Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Sabwami surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Siabwami9319/
Shabwami932/
Sabwamii931/
Sebwami86284/
Zabwami861/
Ssebwami80606/
Sebwaami803/
Ssebwaami752/
Jabuami711/
Giabuamea501/

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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 Sabwami
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