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
Suwi is found most in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Suwi.
How Common Is The Last Name Suwi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 148,293rd most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 2,443,845 people. The surname Suwi occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Suwi live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 156,569th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 2,271 people.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,521 people, or 1 in 34,807. In Tanzania Suwi is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 65 percent live, Tabora Region, where 12 percent live and Singida Region, where 8 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent live and Indonesia, where 16 percent live.
Suwi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally 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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