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
Sigwa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sigwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sigwa is the 541,435th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,289,285 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sigwa live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 291,086th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 792 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 437 people, or 1 in 121,148. In Tanzania Sigwa is primarily 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 it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs 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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