Samwah Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Samwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Samwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samwah occurs most in Liberia. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samwah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Samwah live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 400,776. In Liberia Samwah is primarily concentrated in: Grand Cape Mount County, where 82 percent live, Gbarpolu County, where 9 percent live and Montserrado County, where 9 percent live. Beside Liberia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 8 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 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 Samwah
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