Samwinga Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Samwinga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samwinga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia411:386,58319,508
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080

Samwinga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Samwinga is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samwinga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,843,861st most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Samwinga live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Samwinga is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 386,583. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Southern Province, where 68 percent are found and Western Province, where 22 percent are found. Barring Zambia Samwinga exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Samwinga Last Name Statistics demography

Samwinga earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning $23,375 USD per year.

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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 Samwinga
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