Sawongo Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Sawongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sawongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia361:440,27620,880
Benin31:3,445,20177,822

Sawongo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sawongo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sawongo is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sawongo.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawongo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,141,416th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sawongo are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 440,276. In Zambia it is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 100 percent live. Not including Zambia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent live.

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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 Sawongo
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