Sawuya Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Sawuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Sawuya (2,586) may also be a first name.
Sawuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawuya is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawuya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,843,861st most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Sawuya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sawuya live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sawuya is also the 144,650th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 2,586 people.
The last name Sawuya is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Not including The DR Congo it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 38 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 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
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- 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 Sawuya
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