Samwila Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Samwila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 168 | 1:94,345 | 7,684 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Samwila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samwila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samwila has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samwila? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samwila is the 1,276,805th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Samwila live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Samwila is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 94,345. In Zambia Samwila is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 92 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 5 percent live and Western Province, where 3 percent live. Barring Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Samwila
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