Saawa Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Saawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 147 | 1:265,573 | 19,326 |
| Iran | 78 | 1:984,391 | 45,758 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Saawa (61) may also be a first name.
Saawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saawa occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saawa? popularity and diffusion
Saawa is the 1,055,483rd most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. The last name Saawa is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Saawa live; 62 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Saawa is also the 1,257,960th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 61 people.
This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 265,573. In Uganda Saawa is mostly concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 63 percent are found, Bududa District, where 17 percent are found and Kamuli District, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 33 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Saawa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis