Sweveta Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sweveta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sweveta Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1081:490,20032,950
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Sweveta Last Name Facts

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

Sweveta is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweveta? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sweveta is the 1,755,741st most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sweveta live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 490,200. In Tanzania Sweveta is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 87 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 8 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Sweveta occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shveveta801/
Svesvetai752/
Swavata716/
Svoveta711/
Suebesta671/
Svaiveta671/
Svebestad6311/
Suiwita571/
Chwewete531/
Swiswita531/
Suhovata531/
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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 Sweveta
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