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
The last name Sankwa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankwa? popularity and diffusion
Sankwa is the 213,360th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,775,931 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sankwa reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sankwa is also the 3,306,491st most common first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,872 people, or 1 in 28,281. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Songwe Region, where 73 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 27 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Sankwa is found 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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