Sigwere Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Sigwere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sigwere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Sigwere Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sigwere is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sigwere? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sigwere reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Sigwere is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 1,187,557. In Zimbabwe Sigwere is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 54 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 46 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shigwere931/
Segwere8659/
Siguere8644/
Cigwere8621/
Zigwere864/
Sigwire864/
Sikwere862/
Chigwere801,098/
Cigwerhe80124/
Zigwerhe8062/
Sigwerth8043/
Siguerre8030/
Sekgwere804/
Shigwire801/
Djigwere801/
Siguer77424/
Zigwer771/
Chigwerhe751/
Giguere7114,622/
Siguire711,447/
Seiguer7186/
Segware7176/
Jiguere7141/
Sigvert7130/
Sekwere7122/
Seguere7118/
Jegwere7118/
Sikwera7110/
Sigwari716/
Gigweri716/
Segbere714/
Gigvere713/
Ziguere713/
Saiguer712/
Sikware712/
Zigwera712/
Zigware712/
Segweri711/
Seigber711/
Shiguer711/
Sikweri711/
Siguerr711/
Siqwera711/
Jigwire711/
Sigwiri711/
Seguerre6796/
Siquiere6729/
Chigwire6722/
Giguerre6718/
Sekgware678/
Sequiere676/
Djiguere675/
Shigueri673/
Siqueire673/
Sikgwari671/
Chiguere671/
Ssegwire671/
Shigwira671/
Sekwaere671/
Sheiguer671/
Shegbere671/
Zigueire671/

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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 Sigwere
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis