Sewya Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

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

Sewya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sewya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Sewya (13) may also be a first name.

Sewya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sewya occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sewya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Sewya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Sewya are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sewya is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name globally It is held by 13 people.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa Sewya is most common in: Western Cape, where 100 percent reside. Besides South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 38 percent reside and Cameroon, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sewaaya8314/
Shewyae831/
Sevya80405/
Sewia80120/
Siwya8013/
Sawya8011/
Sebya804/
Sowya803/
Zewya801/
Ssewaaya7741/
Shewayea775/
Shewayia774/
Saweya73199/
Shevya73121/
Seweah7336/
Sewiha7320/
Sawyea7313/
Sehwea739/
Sawyah736/
Shebya734/
Shawya734/
Sowyah732/
Seweha731/
Sewiah731/
Seawea731/
Shiwya731/
Ssevya731/
Sowjya731/
Sevyaa731/
Saevya731/
Soweya731/
Scevya731/
Sawaiya67250/
Sehweah67164/
Sebyayi6756/
Seiweah679/
Shaweya678/
Seaweah677/
Sevayya672/
Sawyaah672/
Seiwhea671/
Saeweoy671/
Saveyya671/
Sheevya671/
Sheibya671/
Sheivya671/
Sheebya671/
Showeya671/
Sewuiah671/
Sewajja671/
Saiwyea671/
Sheweah671/
Sawayya671/
Saveiya671/
Sowaiya671/
Sowaaya671/
Shawyah671/
Siwaiya671/

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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 Sewya
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