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.
Sawala Demographics
Average Sawala Salary in
United States
$121,458 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sawala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawala (Hindi: सावला, Marathi: सावला, Oriya: ସୱାଳା) is found most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 141,904th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,321,614 people. The surname Sawala is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Sawala live; 49 percent live in East Africa and 49 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sawala is also the 389,954th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 476 people.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,431 people, or 1 in 36,996. In Tanzania Sawala is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 26 percent reside, Rukwa Region, where 23 percent reside and Ruvuma Region, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname is found in 34 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 18 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside.
Sawala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sawala surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Sawala surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for 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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