Saro-Wiwa Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Saro-Wiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Saro-Wiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saro-Wiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saro-Wiwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Saro-Wiwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Saro-Wiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Saro-Wiwa live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Federal Capital Territory, where 71 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Saro-Wiwa is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 23 percent live and Germany, where 8 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
- 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 Saro-Wiwa
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