Sawere Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Sawere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 139 | 1:380,875 | 27,601 |
| Benin | 81 | 1:127,600 | 13,832 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sawere (15) may also be a first name.
Sawere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawere is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawere? popularity and diffusion
It is the 902,012th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Sawere reside; 47 percent reside in East Africa and 47 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sawere is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 15 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 380,875. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 87 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 6 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 27 percent are found and Nigeria, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Sawere
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis