Sungwana Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sungwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sungwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Sungwana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sungwana has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sungwana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Sungwana live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,563,088. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 14 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 14 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 29 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 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
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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 Sungwana
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