Sawanga Surname
Approximately 1,082 people bear this surname
Sawanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 389 | 1:118,714 | 9,960 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Tanzania | 134 | 1:395,087 | 28,090 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Philippines | 33 | 1:3,067,825 | 142,207 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Sawanga (28) may also be a first name.
Sawanga Demographics
Sawanga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sawanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawanga (Marathi: सवंग) is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawanga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 339,783rd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,735,255 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sawanga reside; 49 percent reside in East Africa and 49 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 28 people.
The last name Sawanga is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 389 people, or 1 in 118,714. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 79 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 21 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and Malawi, where 19 percent are found.
Sawanga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawanga in the Marathi language | ||
| सवंग | savanga | - |
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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 Sawanga
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