Sawanje Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Sawanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 58 | 1:266,177 | 28,032 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Sawanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawanje is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawanje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,436,415th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Sawanje is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sawanje live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 266,177. In Zimbabwe Sawanje is most common in: Mashonaland West Province, where 67 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 17 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 6 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 Sawanje
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