Sankwa Surname
Approximately 1,930 people bear this surname
Sankwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,872 | 1:28,281 | 3,393 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zambia | 21 | 1:754,758 | 27,278 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sankwa (12) may also be a first name.
Sankwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sankwa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 213,360th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,775,931 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sankwa live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name internationally It is held by 12 people.
The last name Sankwa is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,872 people, or 1 in 28,281. In Tanzania Sankwa is mostly concentrated in: Songwe Region, where 73 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 27 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Zambia, where 1 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 Sankwa
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