Sewsanker Surname

685,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sewsanker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sewsanker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4071:133,11515,513
United States161:22,653,683662,747
England71:7,959,723202,100
Guyana21:381,11013,532
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Sewsanker Last Name Facts

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

Sewsanker occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sewsanker? popularity and diffusion

It is the 685,266th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sewsanker reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Sewsanker is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 407 people, or 1 in 133,115. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 87 percent reside, Gauteng, where 8 percent reside and Western Cape, where 2 percent reside. Beside South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Sewsanker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sewsanker surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sewsanker earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 4.65% more than the national average, earning R 248,688 per year and in United States they earn 16.28% less than the national average, earning $36,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sewshanker9585/
Shewsanker951/
Shewshanker9025/
Siwsanker8927/
Sewsamker891/
Shiwsanker8410/
Shievsanker801/
Shiwshanker801/
Sivsanker7831/
Shivsanker742/
Shivshanker7041/

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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 Sewsanker
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