Sahawi Surname
Approximately 648 people bear this surname
Sahawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 341 | 1:296,886 | 42,287 |
| Indonesia | 225 | 1:587,774 | 46,897 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Sahawi (2,016) may also be a first name.
Sahawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahawi is found most in The Philippines. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahawi? popularity and diffusion
Sahawi is the 506,165th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 11,246,213 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sahawi reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 73 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sahawi is also the 168,279th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 2,016 people.
The last name Sahawi is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is borne by 341 people, or 1 in 296,886. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 73 percent reside, Mimaropa, where 14 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account The Philippines Sahawi exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 35 percent reside and Iraq, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Sahawi
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