Sandawa Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Sandawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sandawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1361:744,39973,733
Indonesia281:4,723,186228,527
Zimbabwe191:812,53955,590
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Sandawa (27) may also be a first name.

Sandawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sandawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sandawa is most common in The Philippines. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sandawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sandawa is the 1,173,425th most widespread family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Sandawa live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 48 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Sandawa is also the 2,036,353rd most common forename throughout the world It is held by 27 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 744,399. In The Philippines Sandawa is most frequent in: Davao Region, where 41 percent are found, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 29 percent are found and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 13 percent are found. Besides The Philippines this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 14 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 9 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
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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 Sandawa
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