Sweswe Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Sweswe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Zimbabwe | 95 | 1:162,508 | 20,181 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sweswe (1,119) may also be a first name.
Sweswe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sweswe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sweswe occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sweswe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sweswe is the 1,028,911th most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sweswe are found; 59 percent are found in Central Africa and 59 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 238,348th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,119 people.
The surname Sweswe is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 513,053. Excluding The DR Congo it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 39 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Sweswe
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