Sanwene Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Sanwene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanwene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Sanwene (6) may also be a first name.

Sanwene Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sanwene is found most frequently in Somalia. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanwene? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sanwene reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. Sanwene is also the 4,967,096th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 6 people.

It is most numerous in Somalia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 3,363,015. Aside from Somalia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 20 percent reside.

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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 Sanwene
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