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 most common in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sigwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sigwa is the 541,435th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,289,285 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sigwa live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sigwa is also the 291,086th most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 792 people.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 437 people, or 1 in 121,148. In Tanzania Sigwa is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 96 percent are found, Shinyanga Region, where 2 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 12 percent are found and The Philippines, where 5 percent are found.
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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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