Sweka Surname
Approximately 1,019 people bear this surname
Sweka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 874 | 1:60,574 | 6,497 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sweka (171) may also be a first name.
Sweka Demographics
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Sweka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sweka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sweka is most common in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sweka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sweka is the 356,452nd most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,151,664 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sweka are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 698,971st most widely held first name internationally, borne by 171 people.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 874 people, or 1 in 60,574. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Simiyu Region, where 81 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 10 percent live and Mara Region, where 8 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Sweka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sweka surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
Sweka earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.54% less than the national average, earning $30,403 USD 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 Sweka
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