Sawalo Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sawalo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Sawalo (63) may also be a first name.
Sawalo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawalo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawalo is most common in Benin. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sawalo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawalo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Sawalo live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 20 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Sawalo is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly occurring forename globally. It is borne by 63 people.
This last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 10,335,602. In Benin Sawalo is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 100 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent are found and Indonesia, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Sawalo
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