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
Sahwah (Arabic: شوح) occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahwah? popularity and diffusion
Sahwah is the 1,573,888th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sahwah are found; 94 percent are found in North Africa and 94 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Outside of Egypt it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found 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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