Samwe Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Samwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Samwe (40) may also be a first name.
Samwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samwe is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Samwe reside; 53 percent reside in East Africa and 41 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Samwe is also the 1,614,485th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 40 people.
The surname Samwe is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 8,823,602. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 67 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 17 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 17 percent live. Beside Tanzania it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent live and Kenya, where 12 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 Samwe
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