Seswa Surname

841,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Seswa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seswa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1821:290,88822,561
South Africa1331:407,35135,714
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Seswa (24) may also be a first name.

Seswa Last Name Facts

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

Seswa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Seswa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 841,044th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 22,286,073 people. The surname Seswa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Seswa live; 59 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Seswa is also the 2,187,323rd most common first name worldwide, borne by 24 people.

The surname Seswa is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 182 people, or 1 in 290,888. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live and Tabora Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 41 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.

Seswa Last Name Statistics demography

Seswa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.81% less than the national average, earning R 133,524 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seswai91368/
Sheswa91102/
Seswaa914/
Sseswa912/
Sesswa911/
Seshwai8343/
Siswa80404/
Soswa80220/
Geswa8093/
Saswa8055/
Sesva804/
Sesua802/
Sesba802/
Jeswa801/
Seswe801/
Saesua73598/
Sesweu7370/
Shiswa7366/
Sechwa7330/
Sasway7328/
Siswas7318/
Seesua7310/
Seswet739/
Siswai738/
Geswat736/
Cheswa735/
Sisway735/
Setswi732/
Sesvat732/
Seswei732/
Suiswa732/
Geshwa731/
Jeswai731/
Geswai731/
Seaswi731/
Seaswe731/
Seczwa731/
Shoswa731/
Jeshwa731/
Sheswe731/
Seshva731/
Sesbai731/
Sitswa731/
Jeswad731/
Saswah731/
Sosway730/
Shishwa67156/
Sedsuay6794/
Seesuay6749/
Sishewa6739/
Sesbeau6719/
Sitswai678/
Chesway676/
Sishwas674/
Seesuea673/
Setsuay672/
Saeshua671/
Jeeswas671/
Geswath671/
Siswath671/
Sheshva671/
Sayswat671/
Sissewa671/
Saiswua671/
Setsuha671/
Seshweu671/
Setshwe671/
Saiswat671/
Seesuad671/
Sashway670/

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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 Seswa
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