Sanawa Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Sanawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 188 | 1:281,604 | 22,057 |
| Indonesia | 69 | 1:1,916,655 | 121,671 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sanawa (329) may also be a first name.
Sanawa Demographics
Sanawa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sanawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanawa (Arabic: السعناوي, Oriya: ସନୱା) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 868,551st most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 23,357,519 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Sanawa live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sanawa is also the 483,360th most frequently used forename globally, borne by 329 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 188 people, or 1 in 281,604. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mara Region, where 74 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent reside and Kagera Region, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.
Sanawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Sanawa last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanawa in the Oriya language | ||
| ସନୱା | sanawa | 66.67 |
| ସାନୱା | sanawa | 16.67 |
| ସାନଓା | sanaoa | 16.67 |
| Sanawa in the Arabic language | ||
| السعناوي | alsnawy | - |
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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 Sanawa
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