Swao Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Swao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 116 | 1:398,103 | 22,333 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Swao Demographics
Swao Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Swao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Swao is found most in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Swao click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swao? popularity and diffusion
The surname Swao is the 1,612,213th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname Swao is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Swao reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Swao is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 398,103. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Migori County, where 98 percent are found, Homa Bay County, where 1 percent are found and Kisii County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Kenya this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Swao Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally 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 Swao
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