Svisva Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Svisva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Svisva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1731:89,23812,859
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Svisva Last Name Facts

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

Svisva occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Svisva? popularity and diffusion

Svisva is the 1,300,225th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Svisva reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Svisva is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 89,238. In Zimbabwe Svisva is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 41 percent are found, Harare Province, where 29 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 23 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Svisvah9217/
Sviswa8319/
Svieva831/
Svoiva831/
Svisve831/
Zvitsva77125/
Shvivas771/
S'Veiva771/
Sveva7371/
Sviba7318/
Suiva7318/
Shvivash711/
Svesve67226/
Svevad6780/
Swiswa6749/
Suivat673/
Suiswa672/
Swaiva671/
Suivas671/
Sveeva671/
Shvedtsva671/
Jviswa671/
Swivat670/

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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 Svisva
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