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
The surname Sawuya is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawuya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,843,861st most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. Sawuya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sawuya live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 144,650th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 2,586 people.
Sawuya is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Without taking into account The DR Congo Sawuya is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 38 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 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 Sawuya
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