Skawa Surname
Approximately 220 people bear this surname
Skawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 214 | 1:247,391 | 19,981 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Skawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Skawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Skawa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Skawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Skawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,108,016th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 33,125,209 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Skawa reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 247,391. In Tanzania Skawa is mostly found in: Arusha Region, where 61 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 37 percent are found and Singida Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shkawa | 91 | 519 | / |
| Skava | 80 | 17 | / |
| Skewa | 80 | 9 | / |
| Skowa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Skawe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Skawi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Scawa | 80 | 0 | / |
| Skhawath | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shqawa | 73 | 183 | / |
| Skaeva | 73 | 73 | / |
| Skovaa | 73 | 40 | / |
| Skajwo | 73 | 16 | / |
| Skauba | 73 | 14 | / |
| Skajba | 73 | 14 | / |
| Skaaby | 73 | 9 | / |
| Skavas | 73 | 5 | / |
| Skeway | 73 | 4 | / |
| Skhawy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Skaiva | 73 | 2 | / |
| Skowaś | 73 | 1 | / |
| Skawit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sqawai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Skaiua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Skabah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shkaeva | 67 | 559 | / |
| Skowatz | 67 | 13 | / |
| Skowasz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Skavaas | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shkabai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shkaawi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Skawa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis