Swaili Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Swaili Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Swaili (22) may also be a first name.
Swaili Demographics
Average Swaili Salary in
South Africa
R 73,572
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Swaili Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swaili Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Swaili is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Swaili? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Swaili occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Swaili live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Swaili is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 22 people.
This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa Swaili is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 83 percent are found and Limpopo, where 17 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 42 percent are found and Malawi, where 8 percent are found.
Swaili Last Name Statistics demography
Swaili earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.04% less than the national average, earning R 73,572 per year.
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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 Swaili
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