Sawape Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Sawape Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Sawape (18) may also be a first name.
Sawape Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawape Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawape is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawape? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 69 percent of Sawape are found; 69 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 69 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 18 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Chimbu, where 73 percent live and Gulf, where 27 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 25 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawapee | 92 | 5 | / |
| Sawap | 91 | 69 | / |
| Sawatpet | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sewape | 83 | 683 | / |
| Sawapi | 83 | 125 | / |
| Sowape | 83 | 79 | / |
| Sawipe | 83 | 23 | / |
| Sawapy | 83 | 5 | / |
| Saiwap | 83 | 5 | / |
| Sabape | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sawaip | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sawapa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Cawape | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sawope | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sawatphet | 80 | 49 | / |
| Sawasphet | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sowapee | 77 | 184 | / |
| Sawaphi | 77 | 61 | / |
| Sehwape | 77 | 5 | / |
| Shawapa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ssewape | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shabape | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sawapai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sowaper | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sahaswapee | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sawab | 73 | 3,409 | / |
| Sabap | 73 | 140 | / |
| Sowap | 73 | 72 | / |
| Savap | 73 | 9 | / |
| Xawap | 73 | 1 | / |
| Seewapee | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chawapee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soowapee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sawatpai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sowayupe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shawab | 67 | 1,926 | / |
| Sawaab | 67 | 407 | / |
| Sabapi | 67 | 59 | / |
| Sowapi | 67 | 36 | / |
| Sawopa | 67 | 26 | / |
| Savapa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sowaip | 67 | 7 | / |
| Chawap | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sovape | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sowapa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sabhap | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sawaib | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chawwapee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sahwab | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jowape | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sewepe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chaiwapee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Savapi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shawav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shavap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sevape | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sawatphai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Savasp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jawapi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Savapp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sabaph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sawaub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Showap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Savope | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sawape
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