Sumwar Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sumwar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sumwar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Sumwar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sumwar is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sumwar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Sumwar live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Sumwar is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 18 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shumwar9262/
Sunwar833,599/
Somwar83181/
Sumbar83139/
Shumbar77164/
Shomwar7721/
Sumbhar778/
Somwaar775/
Sunwear774/
Saunwar772/
Soumbar772/
Sunwarh771/
Zumwart771/
Jumwair771/
Seumbar771/
Sunware771/
Soemwar771/
Sumworth710/
Sonwar6770/
Zumbar6767/
Žumbar6732/
Sunuar6731/
Sunvar6727/
Sonuar6722/
Sumbor6718/
Sunbar6712/
Sunwor671/
Sumuor670/
Sunbear6217/
Shumbor6212/
Saunuar6211/
Sounbar627/
Sunvard622/
Sonnwar621/
Zhumbar621/
Sonuaar621/
Sunuaar621/
Szumbor621/
Chunwar621/
Southmworth590/
Soumbour571/
Žumbor5025/
Zumbor502/
Sunbor501/
Zunwor501/

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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 Sumwar
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