Samgwa Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Samgwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 379 | 1:54,800 | 7,095 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Samgwa (13) may also be a first name.
Samgwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samgwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samgwa is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samgwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 730,373rd most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. Samgwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Samgwa are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Samgwa is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.
The last name Samgwa is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 379 people, or 1 in 54,800. In Cameroon Samgwa is most common in: Northwest Region, where 62 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 24 percent are found and Centre Region, where 9 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samgwaa | 92 | 115 | / |
| Samngwa | 92 | 11 | / |
| Samgwah | 92 | 3 | / |
| Samngwaa | 86 | 12 | / |
| Samgwa'a | 86 | 3 | / |
| Samgwaah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sangwa | 83 | 47,016 | / |
| Samgba | 83 | 77 | / |
| Zamgwa | 83 | 43 | / |
| Somgwa | 83 | 19 | / |
| Samgwe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Samkwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Samngwaah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shamengwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shangwa | 77 | 3,445 | / |
| Sangwai | 77 | 353 | / |
| Sang'wa | 77 | 172 | / |
| Sangway | 77 | 36 | / |
| Samgbay | 77 | 21 | / |
| Siangwa | 77 | 16 | / |
| San'gwa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Zammgwa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sangwha | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sangwaa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Saymgba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saingwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saungwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Siamgwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Samgbai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sangwas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shamgba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Samkwua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sammgba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ssangwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saangwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Samkwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Samguah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sangwoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sangeewa | 71 | 292 | / |
| Sasingwa | 71 | 110 | / |
| Saingwea | 71 | 24 | / |
| Sangwais | 71 | 20 | / |
| Samgbeah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shaangwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Somingwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schangwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shangwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samnguah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sanghwaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samgweih | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seangwad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sangwach | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sangba | 67 | 5,467 | / |
| Sankwa | 67 | 1,930 | / |
| Songwa | 67 | 917 | / |
| Sangua | 67 | 461 | / |
| Samgue | 67 | 44 | / |
| Samkwi | 67 | 24 | / |
| Sangwo | 67 | 19 | / |
| Samqua | 67 | 13 | / |
| Samgbe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sangva | 67 | 8 | / |
| Xangwa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Samgui | 67 | 6 | / |
| Somkwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zamgba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Somgwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samgbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Semkwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zamkwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zamgwo | 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
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- 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 Samgwa
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