Sungwai Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Sungwai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sungwai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sungwai Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sungwai occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sungwai? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Sungwai is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Sungwai reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Sungwai is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 857,680. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 94 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 9 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sungwayi9313/
Sungwa925,667/
Sungwi9233/
Sheungwai881/
Shungwa86642/
Songwai8644/
Sungbai8610/
Seungwa8610/
Sunghwa868/
Sung'wa866/
Sungwat862/
Soungwa862/
Saungwa861/
Sung'hwa80472/
Soungwah8018/
Shuungwa801/
Shungwei801/
Sheungwa801/
Sungh'wa801/
Sunghwit801/
Seunghwa800/
Sunkwa771,820/
Songwa77917/
Sungwe77491/
Sungua77114/
Zungwa77105/
Jungwa7782/
Songwi7727/
Sungba7723/
Sungui7714/
Sungbi771/
Songcwayi751/
Chungkwai751/
Chungwa711,504/
Soungui71777/
Shingwa71622/
Sunguad71519/
Shongwi7179/
Songwei7149/
Zaungwa7143/
Shongwa7139/
Zongwai7119/
Sungbaa7117/
Shungwe7113/
Sungkui7111/
Sunkwah719/
Jungwat718/
Junghwa717/
Sunkwad716/
Suingui715/
Jumngwa713/
Shungua713/
Sunggui713/
Songkwa712/
Sungkua712/
Sungbah712/
Saungwe711/
Jungwad711/
Song'wa711/
Sunghui711/
Songwea711/
Shungui711/
Xhungwa711/
Songwie711/
Cuingwa711/
Djungwa711/
Soongwa711/
Zungwae711/
Jungwha711/
Songway710/
Chaungwa67146/
Chuungwa6745/
Shoongwa6736/
Songwawe6734/
Songwaja6713/
Sonkwayi678/
Chungwei677/
Songwaya676/
Sungkuea676/
Jungwith674/
Shing'wa674/
Sungwejo674/
Chungwat673/
Chuingwa672/
Sunguiya672/
Jungwatt672/
Sungkuit671/
Chunghwa671/
Seunghui671/
Shaungwe671/
Shoungwe671/
Zungbayi671/
Shingwah671/
Sungvist671/
Sunnguat671/

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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 Sungwai
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