Sakwanda Surname
Approximately 612 people bear this surname
Sakwanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 373 | 1:42,493 | 4,164 |
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sakwanda (41) may also be a first name.
Sakwanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakwanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sakwanda has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sakwanda.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakwanda? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 528,890th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 11,907,755 people. The last name Sakwanda is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sakwanda reside; 61 percent reside in Southern Africa and 61 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 41 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 373 people, or 1 in 42,493. In Zambia Sakwanda is mostly concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 44 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 28 percent reside and Southern Province, where 19 percent reside. Other than Zambia this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 37 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shakwanda | 94 | 27 | / |
| Sakuanda | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sekwanda | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sagwanda | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tjakwanda | 82 | 216 | / |
| Sangwanda | 82 | 13 | / |
| Shaqwanda | 82 | 2 | / |
| Shaquwanda | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sagwande | 75 | 25 | / |
| Sagwandi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sagbanda | 75 | 1 | / |
| Saquanda | 75 | 0 | / |
| Chagwanda | 71 | 152 | / |
| Chakwando | 71 | 4 | / |
| Shaquanda | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sangwande | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sakuhonda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shagbanda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seikwandy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zsaquanda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sangwandee | 67 | 59 | / |
| Sangwandej | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sakwanda
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