Swafiya Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Swafiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swafiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Swafiya (550) may also be a first name.

Swafiya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swafiya is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swafiya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Swafiya live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 359,069th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 550 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Swafiya is most frequent in: Mombasa County, where 80 percent are found and Kilifi County, where 20 percent are found. Beside Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent are found and Uganda, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swafui773/
Swafaa772/
Swafie771/
Suhafiyah755/
Swaafie711/
Shwadfey671/
Suafoa6278/
Suafai6219/
Suafey621/
Swefey621/
Suafie621/
Suafo'a5717/
Suafaid571/
Swhafee571/
Sweifieh531/

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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 Swafiya
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