Sanwah Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Sanwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 98 | 1:44,985 | 4,075 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sanwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanwah has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanwah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,849,867th most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Sanwah is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sanwah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
Sanwah is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 44,985. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 35 percent are found, Grand Cape Mount County, where 24 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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 Sanwah
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