Sozigwa Surname

499,597th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 659 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sozigwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sozigwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania6561:80,7048,286
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sozigwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sozigwa is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sozigwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sozigwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sozigwa is the 499,597th most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 11,058,492 people. Sozigwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sozigwa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Sozigwa is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 656 people, or 1 in 80,704. In Tanzania Sozigwa is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 48 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 26 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 0 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Socigwa861/
Socikwa71633/
Zesigwa719/
Sesigwa711/
Soesikwa677/
Sochigua672/
Sadzikwa671/
Ziodzegwa631/
Sasikwa5747/
Sagikwa5711/
Sesegwa574/
Zesikwa571/
Xochigua533/
Zochigua533/
Sasikwai533/
Suzuigbo532/
Sachikwa531/
Chasigwe531/
Shachikwa5022/

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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 Sozigwa
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