Sawaba Surname
Approximately 385 people bear this surname
Sawaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 266 | 1:665,950 | 31,085 |
| Philippines | 79 | 1:1,281,496 | 97,319 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sawaba (396) may also be a first name.
Sawaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawaba (Arabic: صوابا) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sawaba is the 746,827th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 18,928,691 people. Sawaba is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Sawaba live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 434,130th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 396 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 266 people, or 1 in 665,950. In Nigeria Sawaba is mostly concentrated in: Gombe, where 25 percent are found, Kano, where 21 percent are found and Adamawa, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 21 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawaba in the Arabic language | ||
| صوابا | swaba | - |
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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 Sawaba
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