Sagwana Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Sagwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sagwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Sagwana (12) may also be a first name.

Sagwana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sagwana is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sagwana.

How Common Is The Last Name Sagwana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sagwana live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sagwana is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent given name internationally It is held by 12 people.

Sagwana is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Sagwana is mostly found in: Lagos, where 67 percent live and Adamawa, where 33 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Sagwana is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 20 percent live and Uganda, where 20 percent live.

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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 Sagwana
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