Sungwa Surname

85,161st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,667 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sungwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sungwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5,0871:10,4071,346
Uganda2701:144,59012,956
Zimbabwe2461:62,7579,445
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Zambia121:1,320,82731,121
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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 found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sungwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sungwa is the 85,161st most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,285,962 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sungwa are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 169,615th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 1,988 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 5,087 people, or 1 in 10,407. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 45 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 13 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 9 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shungwa92642/
Sungwai9223/
Seungwa9210/
Sunghwa928/
Sung'wa926/
Sungwat922/
Soungwa922/
Saungwa921/
Sung'hwa86472/
Soungwah8618/
Sheungwa861/
Sungh'wa861/
Shuungwa861/
Seunghwa860/
Sunkwa831,820/
Songwa83917/
Sungwe83491/
Sungua83114/
Zungwa83105/
Jungwa8382/
Sungwi8333/
Sungba8323/
Sungwo831/
Sheungwai801/
Chungwa771,504/
Shingwa77622/
Sunguad77519/
Songwai7744/
Zaungwa7743/
Shongwa7739/
Seungwo7720/
Sungbaa7717/
Shungwe7713/
Sungbai7710/
Sunkwah779/
Jungwat778/
Junghwa777/
Sungwoo776/
Sunkwad776/
Shungua773/
Jumngwa773/
Songkwa772/
Sungbah772/
Sungkua772/
Xhungwa771/
Song'wa771/
Jungwha771/
Soongwa771/
Sungwoh771/
Cuingwa771/
Djungwa771/
Sunghwo771/
Songwea771/
Saungwe771/
Jungwad771/
Songway770/
Chaungwa71146/
Chuungwa7145/
Shoongwa7136/
Sungkuea716/
Shing'wa714/
Seungwoo714/
Chungwat713/
Jungwatt712/
Chuingwa712/
Sunghwit711/
Chunghwa711/
Shaungwe711/
Shingwah711/
Shungwei711/
Sunnguat711/
Shoungwe711/
Songwe678,690/
Sonkwa67197/
Sunguo6765/
Zongwa6761/
Songwi6727/
Sungui6714/
Songwo6710/
Sungbe678/
Jungua674/
Zungua674/
Zungba674/
Juncwa673/
Sungue673/
Sunkwe672/
Saunguhay671/
Sumgua671/
Sungbo671/
Sungbi671/
Chungkwai671/
Sonqwa671/
Shungwhee671/

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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 Sungwa
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