Swahili Surname
Approximately 1,160 people bear this surname
Swahili Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 732 | 1:125,595 | 10,096 |
| Yemen | 159 | 1:166,197 | 7,893 |
| Kenya | 109 | 1:423,669 | 23,058 |
| Iran | 108 | 1:710,949 | 37,133 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Oman | 10 | 1:368,797 | 5,193 |
| Jordan | 8 | 1:1,105,305 | 16,405 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Swahili (42) may also be a first name.
Swahili Demographics
Swahili Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Swahili Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swahili Come From? nationality or country of origin
Swahili is found most in Egypt. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Swahili.
How Common Is The Last Name Swahili? popularity and diffusion
The last name Swahili is the 321,782nd most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 6,282,367 people. Swahili is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Swahili are found; 63 percent are found in North Africa and 63 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Swahili is also the 1,566,439th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 42 people.
Swahili is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 125,595. Excluding Egypt Swahili exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.
Swahili Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Swahili surname is chiefly Christian (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 Swahili
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