Sinweka Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sinweka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Sinweka Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin741:139,67014,797
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Sinweka Last Name Facts

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

Sinweka is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sinweka? popularity and diffusion

Sinweka is the 2,185,341st most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname Sinweka occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sinweka reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 139,670. In Benin Sinweka is most numerous in: Atakora Department, where 89 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 9 percent are found and Donga Department, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Benin this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Simweka8620/
Jinweka865/
Synweka861/
Sinwekou801/
Szinweski759/
Chinwueka751/
Jimweka71161/
Simwika719/
Zimweka717/
Sinwoko712/
Simweke711/
Schinweski711/
Senwesky6715/
Schinweiski679/
Chimweka675/
Zinwakai671/
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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 Sinweka
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