Suswa Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Suswa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Suswa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1311:352,51820,779
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413

Suswa (42) may also be a first name.

Suswa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Suswa is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Suswa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,434,893rd most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Suswa live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 42 people.

It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 352,518. In Kenya Suswa is most common in: Narok County, where 91 percent reside, Bomet County, where 7 percent reside and Baringo County, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sauswa916/
Sushwa914/
Siuswa913/
Suiswa912/
Suswai911/
Sudswat835/
Shauswa834/
Sudswad834/
Shuswai832/
Shushwa832/
Sutswat831/
Sushwha831/
Suswaha831/
Suswaya831/
Sutshwa831/
Susua80248/
Soswa80220/
Suswi80145/
Zuswa8017/
Juswa803/
Susba803/
Suswe803/
Suzwa801/
Sushwaha772/
Sudswasd772/
Shaushwa771/
Shiswa7366/
Susuat7346/
Jushwa7316/
Sueswo734/
Sudsua732/
Sushba732/
Sutsua731/
Shoswa731/
Sussua731/
Suszua731/
Susuha731/
Susuap731/
Susuaa731/
Suswer731/
Cusway731/
Sosway730/
Cushway67692/
Sutsuea67213/
Shishwa67156/
Causway6778/
Cheuswa6721/
Sudsuea675/
Chuswat673/
Sudsuae672/
Sushbha671/
Chouswa671/
Sudsuay671/

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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 Suswa
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