Samgwaa Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Samgwaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 114 | 1:182,185 | 19,170 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Samgwaa (11) may also be a first name.
Samgwaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samgwaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samgwaa occurs most in Cameroon. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Samgwaa.
How Common Is The Last Name Samgwaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samgwaa is the 1,701,480th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname Samgwaa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samgwaa are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Samgwaa is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 182,185. In Cameroon Samgwaa is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 88 percent live, Littoral Region, where 9 percent live and Southwest Region, where 4 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samngwaa | 93 | 12 | / |
| Samgwa'a | 93 | 3 | / |
| Samgwaah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Samgwa | 92 | 397 | / |
| Samngwaah | 88 | 1 | / |
| Samngwa | 86 | 11 | / |
| Samgwah | 86 | 3 | / |
| Sangwaa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Sanghwaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sangwa | 77 | 47,016 | / |
| Samgba | 77 | 77 | / |
| Zamgwa | 77 | 43 | / |
| Somgwa | 77 | 19 | / |
| Samgwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Samkwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shamengwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shangwa | 71 | 3,445 | / |
| Sangwai | 71 | 353 | / |
| Sang'wa | 71 | 172 | / |
| Sangway | 71 | 36 | / |
| Samgbay | 71 | 21 | / |
| Siangwa | 71 | 16 | / |
| San'gwa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Zammgwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sangwha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shamgba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samkwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samguah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sangwoa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sangwas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saangwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sammgba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samkwua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ssangwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saymgba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samgbai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siamgwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saungwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saingwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sangeewa | 67 | 292 | / |
| Sasingwa | 67 | 110 | / |
| Saingwea | 67 | 24 | / |
| Sangwais | 67 | 20 | / |
| Shaangwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Samgbeah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sangwach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seangwad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samgweih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samnguah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shangwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Somingwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schangwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sangvaai | 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 Samgwaa
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