Sangwi Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Sangwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sangwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sangwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sangwi is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sangwi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sangwi? popularity and diffusion
Sangwi is the 2,661,929th most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Sangwi live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Sangwi is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 514,608. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Harare Province, where 70 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 23 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe Sangwi is found in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 21 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Sangwi
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