Sarawia Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Vanuatu

Sarawia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarawia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086

Sarawia (124) may also be a first name.

Sarawia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sarawia has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarawia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,730,171st most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Sarawia occurs mostly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Sarawia live; 86 percent live in Oceania Islands and 79 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 836,439th most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 124 people.

The surname Sarawia is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Sarawia is most prevalent in: Western, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 14 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 4 percent live.

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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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  • 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 Sarawia
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