Sakhwa Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Sakhwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sakhwa (148) may also be a first name.
Sakhwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakhwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sakhwa is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakhwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Sakhwa is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Sakhwa reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 757,758th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 148 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 80 percent are found and Bungoma County, where 20 percent are found. Barring Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 11 percent are found and South Africa, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Sakhwa
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