Swakamisa Surname

662,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 453 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Swakamisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swakamisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4391:123,41214,564
England111:5,065,278148,650
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Swakamisa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swakamisa is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swakamisa? popularity and diffusion

Swakamisa is the 662,685th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,087,298 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Swakamisa are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 439 people, or 1 in 123,412. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 49 percent live, Western Cape, where 22 percent live and Free State, where 12 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.

Swakamisa Last Name Statistics demography

Swakamisa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.72% less than the national average, earning R 145,632 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shwakamisa951/
Swagamisa896/
Swakamesa891/
Swakamiso891/
Swakamise891/
Swakamisi891/
Swakamusa891/
Zwakamisa891/
Swachhames631/

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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 Swakamisa
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