Sarwah Surname
Approximately 437 people bear this surname
Sarwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 187 | 1:23,575 | 2,327 |
| Indonesia | 123 | 1:1,075,197 | 77,786 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Sarwah (496) may also be a first name.
Sarwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sarwah is most common in Liberia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarwah? popularity and diffusion
Sarwah is the 680,882nd most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,676,306 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Sarwah reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 381,018th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 496 people.
The last name Sarwah is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 23,575. In Liberia Sarwah is mostly found in: Grand Bassa County, where 55 percent live, Montserrado County, where 26 percent live and Rivercess County, where 8 percent live. Barring Liberia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 28 percent live and Egypt, where 28 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 Sarwah
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