Sawadgo Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Sawadgo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sawadgo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso1241:148,0013,812
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Sawadgo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sawadgo is found most in Burkina Faso. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawadgo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,589,322nd most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sawadgo reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 148,001. In Burkina Faso Sawadgo is primarily found in: Centre-Nord Region, where 22 percent reside, Centre Region, where 18 percent reside and Centre-Est Region, where 18 percent reside. Beside Burkina Faso Sawadgo occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sawadgoo9314/
Sawadgho931/
Sawado9211/
Sawadoo8650/
Savadgo866/
Sawodgo863/
Saiwaido801/
Sawaidou801/
Sawadost801/
Sawada77159,270/
Sabado7741,079/
Savado7741/
Sawodo771/
Sowado771/
Sawayda7139/
Sawajda7132/
Sabaudo7121/
Shawada7113/
Saywada7112/
Sawadda7111/
Sawadah7110/
Shabado715/
Saiwada714/
Sabaido714/
Savadoo712/
Sasuado712/
Sawadha712/
Sowadoo712/
Chawado711/
Sawodop711/
Sawaida711/
Savadou711/
Sawadaa711/
Sabatdo711/
Sawadaz711/
Sawaada711/
Saawada711/
Sabadoo711/
Savadoux6735/
Savaidou6711/
Saywadah675/
Souwadou673/
Sashwada671/
Sawaidah671/
Sawaydat671/
Saywayda671/
Shawahda671/
Ssabaido671/
Sawadaha671/
Saweidou671/
Sawasdas671/

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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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  • 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 Sawadgo
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