Suwi Surname
Approximately 2,982 people bear this surname
Suwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,521 | 1:34,807 | 4,062 |
| Papua New Guinea | 549 | 1:14,852 | 1,440 |
| Indonesia | 471 | 1:280,784 | 25,264 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Thailand | 110 | 1:642,167 | 108,371 |
| Taiwan | 51 | 1:459,701 | 3,496 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Suwi (2,271) may also be a first name.
Suwi Demographics
Suwi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Suwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Suwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Suwi is most common in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Suwi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Suwi is the 148,293rd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,443,845 people. The last name Suwi occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Suwi reside; 51 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 156,569th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 2,271 people.
It is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,521 people, or 1 in 34,807. In Tanzania it is most common in: Rukwa Region, where 65 percent reside, Tabora Region, where 12 percent reside and Singida Region, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent reside and Indonesia, where 16 percent reside.
Suwi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Suwi last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Suwi
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