Sakawi Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Sakawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 153 | 1:53,292 | 6,745 |
| Malaysia | 95 | 1:310,466 | 16,916 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Sakawi (150) may also be a first name.
Sakawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakawi is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakawi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sakawi is the 860,770th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 48 percent of Sakawi reside; 48 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 48 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Sakawi is also the 752,187th most commonly used forename globally. It is borne by 150 people.
The surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 53,292. In Papua New Guinea Sakawi is most common in: East Sepik, where 95 percent are found, New Ireland, where 3 percent are found and East New Britain, where 1 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Sakawi
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