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
Sakwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakwa is found most in Kenya. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Sakwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sakwa is the 36,754th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 507,914 people. The surname Sakwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sakwa live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 135,680th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 2,873 people.
Sakwa is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 11,169 people, or 1 in 4,135. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 49 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 12 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 12 percent are found. Beside Kenya this surname is found in 35 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 10 percent are found and Poland, where 5 percent are found.
Sakwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Sakwa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Sakwa last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the 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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