Samiwu Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Samiwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Samiwu (3) may also be a first name.
Samiwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samiwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samiwu is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samiwu? popularity and diffusion
Samiwu is the 10,311,814th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Samiwu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samiwu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samiwu is also the 7,463,778th most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 3 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Samiwu is primarily concentrated in: Niger, where 50 percent reside and Sokoto, where 50 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 33 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 Samiwu
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