Sauwa Surname
Approximately 984 people bear this surname
Sauwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 274 | 1:257,804 | 43,889 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Nigeria | 184 | 1:962,732 | 41,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 174 | 1:46,860 | 5,817 |
| Tanzania | 135 | 1:392,160 | 27,960 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sauwa (206) may also be a first name.
Sauwa Demographics
Sauwa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Sauwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sauwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sauwa (Hindi: सौवा) is found in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Sauwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sauwa? popularity and diffusion
Sauwa is the 366,307th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,406,043 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Sauwa are found; 28 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 28 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 630,600th most commonly used given name world-wide It is held by 206 people.
The surname Sauwa is most frequently occurring in Thailand, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 257,804. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Narathiwat Province, where 99 percent live and Bangkok, where 1 percent live. Not including Thailand this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 21 percent live and Nigeria, where 19 percent live.
Sauwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sauwa surname is primarily Muslim (93%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sauwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sauwa in the Hindi language | ||
| सौवा | sauva | - |
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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 Sauwa
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