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
Singwa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Singwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Singwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 659,458th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 frequently held forename worldwide It is held by 245 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 241 people, or 1 in 219,675. In Tanzania Singwa is primarily concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 85 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 4 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 24 percent reside and The Philippines, where 9 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Singwa
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