Sawah Surname
Approximately 3,289 people bear this surname
Sawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,586 | 1:57,967 | 5,513 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Liberia | 513 | 1:8,594 | 984 |
| Indonesia | 144 | 1:918,397 | 68,422 |
| Philippines | 131 | 1:772,811 | 75,228 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Malaysia | 54 | 1:546,189 | 26,882 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Lebanon | 29 | 1:194,382 | 8,317 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Syria | 24 | 1:804,209 | 6,249 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Sawah (197) may also be a first name.
Sawah Demographics
Sawah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawah is found most frequently in Egypt. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 136,463rd most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,215,733 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Sawah reside; 48 percent reside in North Africa and 48 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 646,152nd most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 197 people.
The last name Sawah is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is borne by 1,586 people, or 1 in 57,967. Apart from Egypt this last name is found in 38 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent live and Liberia, where 16 percent live.
Sawah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Sawah last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Sawah surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% registered with the party.
The amount Sawah earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 19.58% more than the national average, earning $51,596 USD per year and in Canada they earn 54.72% more than the national average, earning $76,870 CAD per year.
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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 Sawah
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