Samuwana Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Samuwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 137 | 1:115,693 | 8,909 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Samuwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samuwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samuwana is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Samuwana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samuwana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,491,356th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname Samuwana occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samuwana are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 115,693. In Zambia it is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 75 percent live, Southern Province, where 24 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 1 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
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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 Samuwana
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