Sawongo Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Sawongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 36 | 1:440,276 | 20,880 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
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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