Sembuwa Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Sembuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sembuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sembuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sembuwa has its highest incidence in Botswana. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sembuwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. Sembuwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sembuwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Sembuwa is most frequently occurring in Botswana, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 99,406. Other than Botswana this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ssembuwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Simbuwa | 86 | 1,638 | / |
| Sambuwa | 86 | 14 | / |
| Sembuba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shambuwa | 80 | 657 | / |
| Shimbuwa | 80 | 28 | / |
| Sambuway | 80 | 1 | / |
| Simbuwaz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sambouwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shimmbuwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Simbuwe | 71 | 46 | / |
| Sembubi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Zambuwa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sambuwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zimbuwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sambueva | 67 | 950 | / |
| Sembieva | 67 | 399 | / |
| Chimbuwa | 67 | 66 | / |
| Simbusua | 67 | 48 | / |
| Ssembubi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sembuubi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Simbouwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shambueva | 63 | 122 | / |
| Shimbueva | 63 | 62 | / |
| Ssembuubi | 63 | 5 | / |
| Shymbueva | 63 | 3 | / |
| Simbowe | 57 | 2,446 | / |
| Zimbuva | 57 | 2 | / |
| Simbowo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chimbuwe | 53 | 47 | / |
| Simbieva | 53 | 22 | / |
| Senbieva | 53 | 14 | / |
| Zimbowah | 53 | 13 | / |
| Chimbuva | 53 | 12 | / |
| Chimvuwa | 53 | 4 | / |
| Simwauba | 53 | 1 | / |
| Zhimbueva | 50 | 39 | / |
| Zhambueva | 50 | 19 | / |
| Chinweuwa | 50 | 5 | / |
| Shimbieva | 50 | 5 | / |
| Shynbueva | 50 | 2 | / |
| Zemboubou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Sembuwa
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