Swetu Surname

475,239th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 704 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Swetu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swetu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania6971:75,9567,884
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Swetu (87) may also be a first name.

Swetu Last Name Facts

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

Swetu (Marathi: वेतु, Oriya: ତୁ) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swetu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 475,239th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 10,351,628 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Swetu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Swetu is also the 1,024,927th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 87 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 697 people, or 1 in 75,956. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 50 percent reside, Tabora Region, where 36 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 11 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shwetu911/
Sweetut830/
Sweetus830/
Xwetu8089/
Swatu8080/
Suetu807/
Svetu806/
Switu804/
Sbetu801/
Svetus73106/
Xwethu7385/
Switus7310/
Sbhetu731/
Swithu731/
Shwatu731/
Swaitu731/
Suhetu731/
Swathu731/
Shwattu6721/
Swietoň6719/
Svetush679/
Schwetusch671/
Switous671/
Svetous671/

Swetu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Swetu in the Oriya language
ତୁtu-
Swetu in the Marathi language
वेतुvetu-

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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 Swetu
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