Siwingwa Surname

113,951st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,058 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Siwingwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Siwingwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3,8141:13,8811,806
Zambia2371:66,8775,914
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Siwingwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Siwingwa is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Siwingwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Siwingwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 113,951st most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,795,847 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Siwingwa are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3,814 people, or 1 in 13,881. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Songwe Region, where 51 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 27 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 6 percent live and Italy, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Siwengwa881/
Shibingwa821/
Ziwengwa7521/
Sivengwa756/
Sibengwa752/
Cibingwa751/
Chiwengwa7150/
Zivengwa632,413/
Shivgba534/
Sivekwa531/
Zibengwe506/
Zebengwa501/
Shibkwau501/

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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 Siwingwa
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