Samweka Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Samweka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
Samweka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samweka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samweka is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Samweka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samweka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samweka reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Samweka is most frequent in: Simiyu Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 25 percent are found and Zambia, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shamweka | 93 | 3 | / |
| Samwaka | 86 | 831 | / |
| Samveka | 86 | 140 | / |
| Samwika | 86 | 69 | / |
| Samwoka | 86 | 6 | / |
| Somweka | 86 | 2 | / |
| Shamwaka | 80 | 159 | / |
| Chamweka | 80 | 67 | / |
| Soumweka | 80 | 6 | / |
| Shamwika | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sambekaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Semwaka | 71 | 14 | / |
| Sambeki | 71 | 10 | / |
| Samwako | 71 | 6 | / |
| Zambeka | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zamveka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samueski | 67 | 40 | / |
| Ssemwaka | 67 | 31 | / |
| Sambecki | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ssambeko | 67 | 7 | / |
| Zsambeky | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shemwaka | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shambeky | 67 | 3 | / |
| Samwokou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zsambeki | 67 | 2 | / |
| Somweike | 67 | 2 | / |
| Samuesky | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shambeki | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Samweka
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