Semweya Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Semweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Semweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Semweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Semweya is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Semweya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Semweya is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Semweya reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 2,054,699. In Uganda Semweya is mostly found in: Buikwe District, where 37 percent reside, Kampala District, where 21 percent reside and Mubende District, where 16 percent reside. Not including Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ssemweya | 93 | 40 | / |
| Ssemweeya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sembeya | 86 | 87 | / |
| Semwaya | 86 | 11 | / |
| Ssemwaya | 80 | 15 | / |
| Ssembeya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sembey | 77 | 57 | / |
| Sembea | 77 | 37 | / |
| Ssemwaaya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Simbeya | 71 | 4,999 | / |
| Semwayo | 71 | 1,525 | / |
| Sembuya | 71 | 458 | / |
| Simwaya | 71 | 390 | / |
| Sehmbey | 71 | 218 | / |
| Simwiya | 71 | 181 | / |
| Semwija | 71 | 111 | / |
| Sembeyo | 71 | 101 | / |
| Chemwey | 71 | 24 | / |
| Samwaya | 71 | 17 | / |
| Zenweya | 71 | 16 | / |
| Sembaya | 71 | 13 | / |
| Sembeyu | 71 | 7 | / |
| Shembey | 71 | 3 | / |
| Shemway | 71 | 2 | / |
| Samwiya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Senweah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zemweye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gembeya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Semboya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Simweye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Semwaji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sembiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sembeye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Semmbey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seambea | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ssembuya | 67 | 816 | / |
| Ssembaya | 67 | 46 | / |
| Shamwiya | 67 | 8 | / |
| Shimwiya | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shamueya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chemweyi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shembeyi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Semwijah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sembeeye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shemwaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shimbeya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chimweya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shimwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssembeja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shembeyu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schemway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Semweya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis