Smawo Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Smawo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smawo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1021:531,15442,340
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Smawo Last Name Facts

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

Smawo is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smawo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Smawo is the 1,817,111th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Smawo live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 531,154. In South Africa Smawo is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 61 percent live, North West, where 16 percent live and Western Cape, where 7 percent live. Barring South Africa it is found in one country. It is also found in Liberia, where 1 percent live.

Smawo Last Name Statistics demography

Smawo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.23% less than the national average, earning R 149,172 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smawuo911/
Smabo8010/
Smawa801/
Smauwood771/
Schmawos771/
Smawat731/
Smashwood710/
Smaba605/
Zmawa602/
Zmabo601/
Smova601/
Smeva601/
Smaeva55276/
Smoeva5522/
Smoova553/
Smeeva553/
Smajua551/
Shmava551/
Shmaeva5096/
Smeiuha507/
Smeyuha504/
Shmeeva504/
Shmeiba502/
Smayuha501/
Smochua501/

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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 Smawo
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