Samwa Surname
Approximately 2,196 people bear this surname
Samwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 1,646 | 1:17,303 | 878 |
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Tanzania | 57 | 1:928,800 | 44,452 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Samwa (572) may also be a first name.
Samwa Demographics
Average Samwa Salary in
South Africa
R 588,684
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Samwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samwa (Hindi: सम्वा) is held by more people in Nepal than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 191,846th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 3,318,555 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 76 percent of Samwa live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 350,532nd most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 572 people.
The last name Samwa is most frequently held in Nepal, where it is borne by 1,646 people, or 1 in 17,303. In Nepal Samwa is most common in: Mechi, where 79 percent are found, Koshi, where 19 percent are found and Bagmati, where 2 percent are found. Beside Nepal this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Samwa Last Name Statistics demography
Samwa earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 147.72% more than the national average, earning R 588,684 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samwa in the Hindi language | ||
| सम्वा | samva | - |
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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 Samwa
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