Sinuwe Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sinuwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sinuwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367

Sinuwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sinuwe is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sinuwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Sinuwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Sinuwe occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 76 percent of Sinuwe reside; 76 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 76 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 62 percent live and Morobe, where 38 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 24 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Siniwe8349/
Sinuve8321/
Sinowe836/
Sinuwa831/
Chinuwe7742/
Zinhuwe7712/
Sainowe7710/
Shiniwe779/
Sinuway771/
Sinuwai771/
Sinahuve714/
Chinhuwe711/
Djinouwe711/
Senowe6749/
Senuwa6748/
Siniwi6731/
Seniwe6714/
Sinive678/
Senube671/
Sinuva671/
Genuwe671/
Sinowi671/
Zinowe671/
Cinauw671/

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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
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  • 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 Sinuwe
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