Saunyama Surname

196,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Saunyama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saunyama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2,0321:7,598872
Zambia671:236,56614,543
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
England51:11,143,612252,590
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Saunyama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Saunyama is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Saunyama click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Saunyama? popularity and diffusion

Saunyama is the 196,117th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,408,581 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Saunyama live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Saunyama is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 2,032 people, or 1 in 7,598. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 45 percent reside, Harare Province, where 31 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 8 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Saunyama Last Name Statistics demography

Saunyama earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.22% less than the national average, earning R 85,032 per year.

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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 Saunyama
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