Svotwa Surname
Approximately 563 people bear this surname
Svotwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 545 | 1:28,327 | 4,356 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Svotwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Svotwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Svotwa occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Svotwa? popularity and diffusion
Svotwa is the 562,869th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 12,944,131 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Svotwa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Svotwa is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 545 people, or 1 in 28,327. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 70 percent are found, Harare Province, where 11 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 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 Svotwa
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