Sweke Surname
Approximately 1,316 people bear this surname
Sweke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,130 | 1:46,851 | 5,283 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Sweke (155) may also be a first name.
Sweke Demographics
Average Sweke Salary in
South Africa
R 2,278,330
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sweke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sweke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sweke occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Sweke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sweke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 290,856th most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,537,649 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sweke are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 738,219th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 155 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,130 people, or 1 in 46,851. In Tanzania Sweke is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 32 percent reside, Geita Region, where 29 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Sweke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sweke has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sweke Last Name Statistics demography
Sweke earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 858.74% more than the national average, earning R 2,278,330 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 Sweke
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