Sembajjwe Surname

1,079,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Sembajjwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sembajjwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2261:172,74014,602
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sembajjwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sembajjwe is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sembajjwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,079,669th most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 31,823,345 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sembajjwe are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Sembajjwe is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 226 people, or 1 in 172,740. In Uganda Sembajjwe is most numerous in: Luweero District, where 24 percent are found, Kampala District, where 22 percent are found and Wakiso District, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Rwanda, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ssembajjwe951,090/
Sembajwe94240/
Ssembajjjwe901/
Ssembajwe89398/
Sebajwe881/
Ssembajjwa841/
Ssembaajwe841/
Ssembajwa782/
Simbejjwe781/
Sembawa75734/
Sambawe7564/
Simbawe7542/
Sebajwa751/
Zembawe751/
Ssembejjwa741/
Sembeiwe71105/
Ssembawa715/
Sembewet714/
Sambaweh711/
Simbaweî711/
Sembayiwa671/
Sembewuet671/

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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 Sembajjwe
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