Sigwa Surname
Approximately 593 people bear this surname
Sigwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 437 | 1:121,148 | 11,507 |
| Uganda | 73 | 1:534,785 | 29,774 |
| Philippines | 31 | 1:3,265,749 | 145,701 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sigwa (792) may also be a first name.
Sigwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sigwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sigwa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sigwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sigwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sigwa is the 541,435th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 12,289,285 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sigwa reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 291,086th most common first name world-wide, held by 792 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 437 people, or 1 in 121,148. In Tanzania Sigwa is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 96 percent live, Shinyanga Region, where 2 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 12 percent live and The Philippines, where 5 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 Sigwa
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