Sewaya Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Sewaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 159 | 1:245,530 | 18,354 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sewaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sewaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sewaya is found most frequently in Uganda. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sewaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sewaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,353,468th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name Sewaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sewaya reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Sewaya is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 245,530. In Uganda Sewaya is most numerous in: Wakiso District, where 25 percent reside, Kampala District, where 16 percent reside and Luweero District, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Uganda Sewaya exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Sewaya
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