Sanwe Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Sanwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Sanwe (511) may also be a first name.
Sanwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanwe is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sanwe is the 1,907,068th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Sanwe is primarily found in Africa, where 52 percent of Sanwe reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Sanwe is also the 374,142nd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 511 people.
The surname Sanwe is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 247,082. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 21 percent are found and Nigeria, where 18 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
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- 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 Sanwe
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