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 surname Saweni is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saweni? popularity and diffusion
The surname Saweni is the 1,111,382nd most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Saweni are found; 74 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 74 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 648,004th most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 196 people.
This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 51,606. In Papua New Guinea Saweni is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 89 percent are found, Madang, where 10 percent are found and East New Britain, where 1 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 19 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found.
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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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