Sangwe Surname
Approximately 480 people bear this surname
Sangwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Thailand | 122 | 1:579,003 | 98,779 |
| Zambia | 60 | 1:264,165 | 15,663 |
| Tanzania | 55 | 1:962,575 | 44,906 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Sangwe (106) may also be a first name.
Sangwe Demographics
Average Sangwe Salary in
South Africa
R 103,536
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sangwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sangwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sangwe (Marathi: सांगवे) is most common in The DR Congo. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sangwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sangwe is the 635,252nd most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 15,182,387 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Sangwe live; 38 percent live in Central Africa and 38 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 915,176th most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 106 people.
The surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 470,571. Barring The DR Congo this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 25 percent reside and Zambia, where 13 percent reside.
Sangwe Last Name Statistics demography
Sangwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.43% less than the national average, earning R 103,536 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sangwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sangwe in the Marathi language | ||
| सांगवे | sangave | 83.33 |
| संगवे | sangave | 16.67 |
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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 Sangwe
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