Sapangwa Surname
Approximately 1,157 people bear this surname
Sapangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,124 | 1:15,231 | 2,380 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Sapangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sapangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sapangwa is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sapangwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sapangwa is the 322,477th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,298,657 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sapangwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,124 people, or 1 in 15,231. Not including Malawi this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siapangwa | 94 | 26 | / |
| Sapangwad | 94 | 1 | / |
| Japangwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chapangwa | 82 | 74 | / |
| Sapankwad | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sapangue | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chapangwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soposengwe | 56 | 1 | / |
| Shaupamgue | 56 | 0 | / |
| Sooposengwe | 53 | 5 | / |
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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 Sapangwa
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