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 surname Swila occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Swila? popularity and diffusion
The last name Swila is the 40,492nd most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 563,136 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Swila reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most common first name at a global level, borne by 44 people.
The surname 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. Apart from Tanzania it exists in 7 countries. It is also found 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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