Swigo Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Swigo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swigo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638

Swigo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swigo occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Swigo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Swigo occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Swigo live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Swigo is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 4,812,874. In Tanzania Swigo is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 36 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 9 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swigoň914/
Swigost8345/
Suigo80691/
Swiga8018/
Zwigo8011/
Svigo801/
Swego800/
Schwiego773/
Swaigood772/
Swisgood770/
Svigos7390/
Svigou7317/
Suigot734/
Suigos734/
Swigat731/
Sweego730/
Swaisgood71232/
Sweisgood717/
Swigoňová715/
Swissgood710/
Svingou6765/
Szwiega678/
Šwigost675/
Świgost671/
Swegosh671/
Schwego671/
Schuigo670/

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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 Swigo
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