El Sawa Surname

1,017,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Sawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Sawa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen1241:213,1078,845
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Sawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Sawa occurs in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of El Sawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Sawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,017,412th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of El Sawa live; 50 percent live in West Asia and 50 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 213,107. In Yemen it is most numerous in: Lahij Governorate, where 99 percent reside and Aden Governorate, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Yemen El Sawa is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 49 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Sawah931,714/
El Shawa93226/
El Sawai9334/
El Saawa934/
El Sawad932/
El Sawat932/
El Sawas931/
El Sawwah884,271/
El Shawwa8810/
El Shawah889/
El Sawaya881/
El Sawy8610,276/
El Sawi861,185/
El Saba86307/
El Jawa86275/
El-Sawa861/
El Shahway824/
El Sabah80643/
El Sabaa80613/
El-Sawah80598/
El Shaba80243/
El Shawi80203/
El-Shawa80127/
El Shawy80122/
El Sahwi80122/
El Sawit8098/
El Chawa8024/
El Sabea8013/
El Zahwa8010/
El Jawad809/
El Zawaj804/
El Sahba804/
El Jawaa804/
El Saabi802/
El Sabai801/
El Sawey801/
El Zawaa801/
El Sowah801/
El Shaabi7517,955/
El Shabah7513,393/
El Shaaby75493/
El Sabahy75491/
El Sahabi75220/
El Shhawy75122/
El Sahawy7582/
El Shaiba754/
El Chaway752/
El Sahabo751/
El-Sawwah751/
El Ssawee751/
El Zawaid751/
El Zahwaz751/
El Shahwy751/
El Shaawi751/
El Seabay751/
El Shobaa751/
El Shahawy719,506/
El Sabe717,212/
El Shahawi715,891/
El-Sawy715,073/
El Shaabou71734/
El-Sawi71440/
El-Saba71307/
El Sabi71125/
El Saby71100/
El Shawish7194/
El Sabo7114/
El Zawy7110/
El Shahaby715/
El Shahabi713/
El Soba713/
El Zawj711/
El Zawe711/
El Showaia711/
El Shaby67292/
El Zahwi67244/
El Sabih67214/
El-Sabah67214/
El-Sabaa67187/
El Sahbi67122/
El Soweh6728/
El Sabee6715/
El-Saabi6712/
El Zouwa679/
El-Jawad676/
El Shaweesh675/
El-Zawat675/
El-Saawy675/
El Zahwy674/
El Shabi674/
El Shahabee674/
El-Sawey674/
El Zaabi671/
El Zavat671/
El Sobay671/
El Schahawi671/
El Zobaa671/
El Sabei671/
El-Sabea671/
El-Shawy671/
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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
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  • 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 El Sawa
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