Swafa Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Kenya

Swafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Swafa (23) may also be a first name.

Swafa Last Name Facts

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

Swafa is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swafa? popularity and diffusion

Swafa is the 10,311,814th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Swafa is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Swafa live; 33 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 23 people.

The last name is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 767,065,382. In India it is most frequent in: Telangana, where 100 percent are found. Not including India Swafa occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 33 percent are found and South Africa, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swafaa912/
Swaifa912/
Swatfa911/
Swaifah83452/
Swafo801,120/
Swafy80575/
Swafi80383/
Suafa8013/
Swafe805/
Sweatfat770/
Swaify73815/
Swaffi73139/
Suafoa7378/
Swaifi7355/
Suafai7319/
Swafui733/
Swaffo732/
Shwafi731/
Swafie731/
Shwafy731/
Shwadfy67215/
Suafo'a6717/
Shwadfi674/
Swaffod673/
Swhafee671/
Swaafie671/
Shwapha671/
Suafaid671/
Schwafe670/

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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 Swafa
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