Zwama Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Zwama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 172 | 1:98,181 | 15,982 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zwama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zwama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zwama is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Zwama.
How Common Is The Last Name Zwama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zwama is the 1,070,546th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Zwama live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 98,181. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Groningen, where 48 percent live, Gelderland, where 15 percent live and North Brabant, where 9 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 24 percent live and Germany, where 1 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 Zwama
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