Sumwiza Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Sumwiza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Sumwiza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumwiza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sumwiza is most common in Uganda. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumwiza? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sumwiza is the 3,730,171st most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Sumwiza live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 1,561,571. In Uganda Sumwiza is mostly found in: Rakai District, where 28 percent are found, Kampala District, where 16 percent are found and Mubende District, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent are found and Kenya, where 4 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 Sumwiza
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