Sorwa Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Sorwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sorwa (11) may also be a first name.
Sorwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sorwa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sorwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Sorwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Sorwa reside; 59 percent reside in East Africa and 59 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sorwa is also the 3,487,849th most frequent given name in the world It is held by 11 people.
The last name Sorwa is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 2,786,401. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 47 percent are found and Mara Region, where 47 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Sorwa
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