Sumawe Surname
Approximately 899 people bear this surname
Sumawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 883 | 1:59,957 | 6,439 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
Sumawe (40) may also be a first name.
Sumawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sumawe is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumawe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 393,206th most common last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 8,106,280 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sumawe are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Sumawe is also the 1,614,485th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 40 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 883 people, or 1 in 59,957. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Manyara Region, where 77 percent live, Arusha Region, where 13 percent live and Iringa Region, where 6 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 1 percent live and The Philippines, where 0 percent live.
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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 Sumawe
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