Sanweine Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Sanweine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanweine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1821:253,73617,193
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sanweine Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sanweine Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sanweine is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanweine? popularity and diffusion

Sanweine is the 1,252,959th most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name Sanweine occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sanweine are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Cushitic Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 253,736. In Kenya Sanweine is mostly concentrated in: Garissa County, where 100 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Sanweine Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Sanweine surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Sanweine
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