Sakwimba Surname
Approximately 654 people bear this surname
Sakwimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 588 | 1:26,956 | 2,828 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Sakwimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakwimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sakwimba is found most in Zambia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sakwimba.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakwimba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sakwimba is the 502,491st most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 11,143,037 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sakwimba reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is carried by 588 people, or 1 in 26,956. In Zambia Sakwimba is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 74 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 16 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Zambia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Sakwimba
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