Sawaka Surname
Approximately 1,393 people bear this surname
Sawaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 670 | 1:79,017 | 8,137 |
| Indonesia | 542 | 1:244,002 | 22,376 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98 | 1:83,201 | 11,009 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Zambia | 15 | 1:1,056,661 | 30,252 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Sawaka (94) may also be a first name.
Sawaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawaka occurs in Tanzania more 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 Sawaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 277,914th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 5,231,548 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Sawaka live; 48 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sawaka is also the 980,251st most common first name in the world. It is borne by 94 people.
The surname Sawaka is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 670 people, or 1 in 79,017. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 29 percent live, Tabora Region, where 28 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 19 percent live. Besides Tanzania Sawaka is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 39 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
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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 Sawaka
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