Swila Surname
Approximately 12,941 people bear this surname
Swila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 12,286 | 1:4,309 | 594 |
| Malawi | 601 | 1:28,484 | 4,289 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Swila (44) may also be a first name.
Swila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Swila occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Swila? popularity and diffusion
The surname Swila is the 40,492nd most prevalent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 563,136 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Swila live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 44 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 12,286 people, or 1 in 4,309. In Tanzania Swila is most common in: Songwe Region, where 49 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 32 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Swila exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
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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 Swila
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