Salwau Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Salwau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Salwau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salwau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salwau is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salwau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Salwau is the 6,063,924th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Salwau reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 44 percent are found, Ogun, where 33 percent are found and Ondo, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Egypt, where 10 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 Salwau
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