Saweni Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Saweni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 158 | 1:51,606 | 6,482 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Saweni (196) may also be a first name.
Saweni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saweni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saweni is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Saweni click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saweni? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,111,382nd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Saweni reside; 74 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 74 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Saweni is also the 648,004th most numerous first name globally, borne by 196 people.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 158 people, or 1 in 51,606. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 89 percent reside, Madang, where 10 percent reside and East New Britain, where 1 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 5 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 Saweni
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