Singwa Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Singwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 241 | 1:219,675 | 18,309 |
| Zambia | 108 | 1:146,759 | 10,610 |
| Philippines | 39 | 1:2,595,852 | 132,893 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Singwa (245) may also be a first name.
Singwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Singwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Singwa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Singwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Singwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 659,458th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Singwa reside; 55 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 570,604th most prevalent forename worldwide, borne by 245 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 241 people, or 1 in 219,675. In Tanzania Singwa is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 85 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 4 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 24 percent are found and The Philippines, where 9 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 Singwa
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