Silwawa Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Silwawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 127 | 1:124,803 | 9,426 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Silwawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silwawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silwawa is found most in Zambia. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Silwawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,581,912th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Silwawa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Silwawa is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 124,803. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 49 percent reside, Muchinga Province, where 48 percent reside and Central Province, where 1 percent reside. Other than Zambia Silwawa occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 1 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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