Sakwa Surname
Approximately 14,348 people bear this surname
Sakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 11,169 | 1:4,135 | 599 |
| Uganda | 1,408 | 1:27,727 | 3,842 |
| Poland | 692 | 1:54,926 | 8,643 |
| DR Congo | 328 | 1:225,243 | 21,937 |
| Tanzania | 284 | 1:186,414 | 16,104 |
| United States | 141 | 1:2,570,631 | 155,955 |
| Thailand | 62 | 1:1,139,328 | 167,850 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Zambia | 28 | 1:566,069 | 23,715 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Sakwa (2,873) may also be a first name.
Sakwa Demographics
Average Sakwa Salary in
United States
$66,739 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sakwa occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 36,754th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 507,914 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Sakwa reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sakwa is also the 135,680th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 2,873 people.
Sakwa is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 11,169 people, or 1 in 4,135. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 49 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 12 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Kenya Sakwa occurs in 35 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 10 percent are found and Poland, where 5 percent are found.
Sakwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Sakwa surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the political party.
Sakwa earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 54.67% more than the national average, earning $66,739 USD per year.
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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 Sakwa
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