Samwele Surname
Approximately 441 people bear this surname
Samwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 342 | 1:216,022 | 21,248 |
| Namibia | 68 | 1:35,432 | 5,071 |
| Zambia | 30 | 1:528,331 | 22,995 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Samwele (681) may also be a first name.
Samwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samwele has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samwele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 676,370th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 16,525,047 people. The last name Samwele is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samwele live; 78 percent live in Central Africa and 78 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 317,248th most frequent given name globally, borne by 681 people.
Samwele is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 216,022. Not including The DR Congo Samwele occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 15 percent reside and Zambia, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Samwele
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