Siwa Surname
Approximately 12,132 people bear this surname
Siwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,629 | 1:33,258 | 4,247 |
| Uganda | 1,478 | 1:26,414 | 3,711 |
| Nepal | 1,415 | 1:20,128 | 948 |
| Egypt | 1,342 | 1:68,507 | 6,354 |
| Kenya | 1,205 | 1:38,324 | 4,083 |
| Poland | 1,172 | 1:32,431 | 4,993 |
| Tanzania | 1,020 | 1:51,904 | 5,752 |
| Indonesia | 707 | 1:187,057 | 17,934 |
| Philippines | 576 | 1:175,761 | 28,423 |
| DR Congo | 294 | 1:251,291 | 23,908 |
| United States | 260 | 1:1,394,073 | 96,365 |
| Papua New Guinea | 217 | 1:37,575 | 4,533 |
| India | 147 | 1:5,218,132 | 128,839 |
| Zimbabwe | 69 | 1:223,743 | 25,019 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Thailand | 48 | 1:1,471,632 | 200,579 |
| Solomon Islands | 43 | 1:13,489 | 2,481 |
| Zambia | 43 | 1:368,603 | 19,020 |
| Malaysia | 38 | 1:776,164 | 36,096 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Benin | 36 | 1:287,100 | 24,014 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Czechia | 27 | 1:393,832 | 45,478 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Bhutan | 14 | 1:44,003 | 608 |
| Afghanistan | 13 | 1:2,473,322 | 16,278 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Tunisia | 7 | 1:87,232 | 13,677 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
The alternate forms: Siwá (6) & Śiwa (1) are calculated separately.
Siwa (16,251) may also be a first name.
Siwa Demographics
Siwa Political Affiliation
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Siwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Siwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Siwa (Arabic: صيوه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻯ, Hindi: सीवा, Oriya: ଶିୱା, Tibetan: སི་ཝ།) is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Siwá or Śiwa. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Siwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 42,909th most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 600,688 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Siwa reside; 31 percent reside in East Africa and 26 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Siwa is also the 43,960th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 16,251 people.
The surname Siwa is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,629 people, or 1 in 33,258. In South Africa Siwa is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 59 percent live, Western Cape, where 15 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Beside South Africa it occurs in 65 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 12 percent live and Nepal, where 12 percent live.
Siwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Siwa last name is principally Christian (71%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Siwa surname are 5.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.46% being registered with the party.
The amount Siwa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.28% less than the national average, earning R 120,528 per year; in United States they earn 24.23% more than the national average, earning $53,604 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.75% less than the national average, earning $42,850 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Siwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Siwa in the Tibetan language | ||
| སི་ཝ། | siwa | - |
| Siwa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶିୱା | siwa | 52.38 |
| ସିୱା | siwa | 42.86 |
| ସିବା | siba | 4.76 |
| Siwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻯ | swy | 50 |
| ﺳﻴﻮﺍ | sywa | 33.33 |
| ﺳﻮﺍ | swa | 16.67 |
| Siwa in the Hindi language | ||
| सीवा | siva | 50 |
| शिवा | siva | 50 |
| Siwa in the Arabic language | ||
| صيوه | sywh | - |
| سيوه | sywh | - |
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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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- 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 Siwa
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