Sundwa Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Sundwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 274 | 1:168,540 | 12,948 |
| Uganda | 60 | 1:650,655 | 33,621 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Sundwa (82) may also be a first name.
Sundwa Demographics
Sundwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sundwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sundwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sundwa has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Sundwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sundwa? popularity and diffusion
Sundwa is the 827,165th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 21,753,868 people. The surname Sundwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sundwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 82 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 274 people, or 1 in 168,540. In Kenya Sundwa is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 93 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 3 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 18 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Sundwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheundwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sundwe | 83 | 279 | / |
| Sundua | 83 | 14 | / |
| Sundwi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Sondwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sundva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Chundwa | 77 | 155 | / |
| Sunduah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shondwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sunduay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sundvay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sundhua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chaundwa | 71 | 349 | / |
| Chundwat | 71 | 4 | / |
| Shundhua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sundby | 67 | 2,896 | / |
| Sundui | 67 | 1,359 | / |
| Sundve | 67 | 143 | / |
| Suntwe | 67 | 119 | / |
| Sontwa | 67 | 66 | / |
| Sondwe | 67 | 63 | / |
| Sundbo | 67 | 55 | / |
| Zondwa | 67 | 44 | / |
| Sundue | 67 | 31 | / |
| Juntwa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Cundua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zundua | 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 Sundwa
- 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