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 occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahawi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sahawi is the 506,165th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 11,246,213 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sahawi live; 88 percent live in Southeast Asia and 73 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sahawi is also the 168,279th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,016 people.
Sahawi is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 341 people, or 1 in 296,886. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 73 percent live, Mimaropa, where 14 percent live and Central Luzon, where 5 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 35 percent live and Iraq, where 10 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 Sahawi
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