Sangwa Surname
Approximately 47,016 people bear this surname
Sangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 38,322 | 1:1,928 | 187 |
| Rwanda | 6,822 | 1:1,666 | 397 |
| Tanzania | 1,104 | 1:47,954 | 5,374 |
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Cameroon | 97 | 1:214,114 | 21,748 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| Belgium | 45 | 1:255,481 | 31,256 |
| Zambia | 45 | 1:352,220 | 18,524 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Sangwa (5,485) may also be a first name.
Sangwa Demographics
Average Sangwa Salary in
United States
$53,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sangwa has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sangwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sangwa is the 11,943rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 155,001 people. Sangwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sangwa live; 82 percent live in Central Africa and 82 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sangwa is also the 90,686th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 5,485 people.
This surname is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 38,322 people, or 1 in 1,928. Outside of The DR Congo this surname occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in Rwanda, where 15 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
Sangwa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sangwa surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sangwa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.6% less than the national average, earning R 67,500 per year; in United States they earn 23.7% more than the national average, earning $53,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 48.94% less than the national average, earning $25,370 CAD 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 Sangwa
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