Sawau Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Sawau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Sawau (29) may also be a first name.
Sawau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawau is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawau? popularity and diffusion
Sawau is the 3,730,171st most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Sawau occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Sawau are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 46 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 29 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 3,552,300. In Kenya Sawau is mostly found in: Taita Taveta County, where 69 percent live and Machakos County, where 31 percent live. Apart from Kenya Sawau is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 46 percent live and Fiji, where 4 percent live.
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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 Sawau
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