Sewe Surname
Approximately 3,384 people bear this surname
Sewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,606 | 1:17,721 | 2,111 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| South Africa | 109 | 1:497,043 | 40,551 |
| Benin | 94 | 1:109,953 | 12,317 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71 | 1:114,841 | 15,585 |
| Germany | 70 | 1:1,150,078 | 75,714 |
| Indonesia | 70 | 1:1,889,274 | 120,273 |
| Tanzania | 65 | 1:814,486 | 42,828 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Burkina Faso | 19 | 1:965,900 | 9,829 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Guyana | 6 | 1:127,037 | 7,965 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Sêwé (1) are calculated separately.
Sewe (850) may also be a first name.
Sewe Demographics
Average Sewe Salary in
United States
$43,542 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sewe is found most in Kenya. It may also be found as a variant: Sêwé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sewe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sewe is the 133,232nd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,153,530 people. Sewe is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Sewe are found; 79 percent are found in East Africa and 44 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 279,628th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 850 people.
The last name Sewe is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 2,606 people, or 1 in 17,721. In Kenya Sewe is most numerous in: Nairobi County, where 26 percent live, Siaya County, where 23 percent live and Kisumu County, where 14 percent live. Beside Kenya Sewe exists in 31 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Sewe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sewe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sewe surname grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sewe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Sewe surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Sewe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 48.97% less than the national average, earning 176,599 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 49.74% less than the national average, earning R 119,436 per year and in United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.
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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 Sewe
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