Sweya Surname
Approximately 4,962 people bear this surname
Sweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,945 | 1:10,706 | 1,382 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sweya (688) may also be a first name.
Sweya Demographics
Sweya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sweya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺳﻮﻳﻪ) is most common in Tanzania. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sweya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 95,882nd most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,468,671 people. Sweya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sweya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sweya is also the 315,345th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 688 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 4,945 people, or 1 in 10,706. In Tanzania Sweya is most common in: Shinyanga Region, where 26 percent live, Tabora Region, where 21 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 15 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Sweya exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Sweya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Sweya last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sweya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sweya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺳﻮﻳﻪ | aswyh | - |
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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 Sweya
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