Shweka Surname
Approximately 372 people bear this surname
Shweka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Shweka (28) may also be a first name.
Shweka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shweka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shweka is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shweka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 766,190th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shweka live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Shweka is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 28 people.
The last name Shweka is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 348,489. Besides The DR Congo it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 41 percent live and Uganda, 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 Shweka
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