Sakwata Surname
Approximately 1,874 people bear this surname
Sakwata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,856 | 1:9,224 | 1,421 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Sakwata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakwata Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sakwata occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakwata? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 218,550th most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,888,765 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sakwata are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 1,856 people, or 1 in 9,224. Excluding Malawi it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sagwata | 86 | 52 | / |
| Sekwata | 86 | 31 | / |
| Sakwati | 86 | 8 | / |
| Sakwato | 86 | 4 | / |
| Sakwate | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sakuata | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sakkwato | 80 | 14 | / |
| Sakwatto | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sakwwato | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shakwati | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sakkwathi | 75 | 13 | / |
| Sekgwatha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sagwati | 71 | 240 | / |
| Sekweta | 71 | 29 | / |
| Sagwato | 71 | 4 | / |
| Zakweta | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sagwate | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sokwato | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zakwati | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jagwata | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chakwate | 67 | 41 | / |
| Sangwato | 67 | 23 | / |
| Chakwati | 67 | 14 | / |
| Sekgweta | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zakwoota | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shekwato | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sagvatha | 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 Sakwata
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