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
The surname Sewaya occurs most in Uganda. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sewaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sewaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,353,468th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name Sewaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sewaya reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 245,530. In Uganda it is most common in: Wakiso District, where 25 percent live, Kampala District, where 16 percent live and Luweero District, where 14 percent live. Besides Uganda this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
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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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