Soswana Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Soswana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Soswana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soswana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soswana occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soswana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Soswana live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 771,912. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 65 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 35 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 16 percent live and Uganda, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soszwana | 93 | 1 | / |
| Suswana | 86 | 219 | / |
| Sozwana | 86 | 200 | / |
| Seswana | 86 | 168 | / |
| Soswani | 86 | 35 | / |
| Saswana | 86 | 14 | / |
| Sosuana | 86 | 5 | / |
| Joswana | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sushwana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shushwana | 75 | 118 | / |
| Schaswana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sasuana | 71 | 373 | / |
| Suswani | 71 | 88 | / |
| Suswane | 71 | 20 | / |
| Saswani | 71 | 15 | / |
| Suzwana | 71 | 9 | / |
| Sazwana | 71 | 5 | / |
| Susbana | 71 | 2 | / |
| Saswane | 71 | 2 | / |
| Susuana | 71 | 2 | / |
| Jaswana | 71 | 2 | / |
| Xoxwana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shazwana | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sashbana | 67 | 6 | / |
| Suswaini | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chosuana | 67 | 3 | / |
| Xhoxwana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shuswane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shaswane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suswanoi | 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 Soswana
- 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