Sawala Surname
Approximately 3,139 people bear this surname
Sawala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,431 | 1:36,996 | 4,284 |
| Poland | 559 | 1:67,994 | 10,677 |
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| India | 168 | 1:4,565,865 | 118,158 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Indonesia | 156 | 1:847,751 | 64,043 |
| Cameroon | 134 | 1:154,993 | 16,949 |
| Kenya | 121 | 1:381,652 | 21,791 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Sawala (476) may also be a first name.
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Sawala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawala (Hindi: सावला, Marathi: सावला, Oriya: ସୱାଳା) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 141,904th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,321,614 people. The surname Sawala is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Sawala are found; 49 percent are found in East Africa and 49 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 389,954th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 476 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,431 people, or 1 in 36,996. In Tanzania Sawala is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 26 percent are found, Rukwa Region, where 23 percent are found and Ruvuma Region, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 18 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
Sawala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Sawala last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
The amount Sawala earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.54% less than the national average, earning 261,140 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 33.32% less than the national average, earning R 158,448 per year and in United States they earn 181.49% more than the national average, earning $121,458 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawala in the Marathi language | ||
| सावला | savala | 57.44 |
| सावळा | savala | 39.49 |
| शांितलाल | samitalala | 2.05 |
| सावली | savali | 0.51 |
| सवळा | savala | 0.51 |
| Sawala in the Hindi language | ||
| सावला | savala | 50 |
| सवला | savala | 50 |
| Sawala in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୱାଳା | sawala | 50 |
| ସାୱାଲା | sawala | 50 |
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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 Sawala
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