Sahwah Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Sahwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Sahwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahwah (Arabic: شوح) is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahwah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,573,888th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sahwah live; 94 percent live in North Africa and 94 percent live in Arabic North Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Without taking into account Egypt this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 5 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahwah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahwah in the Arabic language | ||
| شوح | shwh | - |
| شوه | shwh | - |
| شواح | shwah | - |
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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 Sahwah
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