Salwah Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Salwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 156 | 1:847,751 | 64,043 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Salwah (1,603) may also be a first name.
Salwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Salwah occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salwah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,257,535th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Salwah are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 93 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Salwah is also the 193,005th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 1,603 people.
The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 847,751. In Indonesia Salwah is mostly found in: Jakarta, where 65 percent are found, West Java, where 30 percent are found and Banten, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 8 percent are found and Liberia, where 3 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 Salwah
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