Samweli Surname

17,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32,386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Samweli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samweli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania30,9781:1,709231
DR Congo1,3611:54,2836,540
Indonesia251:5,289,968246,176
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Samweli (30,300) may also be a first name.

Samweli Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samweli Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Samweli is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Samweli.

How Common Is The Last Name Samweli? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 17,129th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 225,021 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samweli are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Samweli is also the 27,683rd most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 30,300 people.

This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 30,978 people, or 1 in 1,709. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 10 percent reside, Tabora Region, where 9 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.

Samweli Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Samweli last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Samweli
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