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 surname Sakhwa is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakhwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sakhwa is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname 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 frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 148 people.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Sakhwa is most common in: Kakamega County, where 80 percent live and Bungoma County, where 20 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 11 percent live and South Africa, where 11 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 Sakhwa
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