Sungwa Surname
Approximately 5,667 people bear this surname
Sungwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5,087 | 1:10,407 | 1,346 |
| Uganda | 270 | 1:144,590 | 12,956 |
| Zimbabwe | 246 | 1:62,757 | 9,445 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Zambia | 12 | 1:1,320,827 | 31,121 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sungwa (1,988) may also be a first name.
Sungwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sungwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sungwa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sungwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sungwa is the 85,161st most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,285,962 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sungwa live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sungwa is also the 169,615th most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 1,988 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5,087 people, or 1 in 10,407. In Tanzania Sungwa is primarily found in: Simiyu Region, where 45 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 13 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 9 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Sungwa is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Sungwa
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