Sawawi Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Sawawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 255 | 1:518,624 | 42,226 |
| Malaysia | 50 | 1:589,884 | 28,692 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Sawawi (590) may also be a first name.
Sawawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawawi is most common in Indonesia. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawawi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 862,604th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sawawi are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sawawi is also the 344,405th most common given name globally. It is borne by 590 people.
The last name Sawawi is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 255 people, or 1 in 518,624. In Indonesia it is most common in: East Java, where 58 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 14 percent live and Southeast Sulawesi, where 5 percent live. Outside of Indonesia Sawawi occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 16 percent live and Singapore, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawawi | 92 | 4 | / |
| Zawawi | 83 | 20,033 | / |
| Jawawi | 83 | 1,032 | / |
| Sawawa | 83 | 276 | / |
| Savawi | 83 | 76 | / |
| Sawowi | 83 | 6 | / |
| Sawavi | 83 | 3 | / |
| Cawawi | 83 | 3 | / |
| Sawewi | 83 | 3 | / |
| Sewawi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sowawi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Djawawi | 77 | 191 | / |
| Zawawie | 77 | 42 | / |
| Zawawai | 77 | 34 | / |
| Sab'awi | 77 | 30 | / |
| Zaiwawi | 77 | 18 | / |
| Sahbawi | 77 | 18 | / |
| Zauwawi | 77 | 10 | / |
| Zhawawi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Zawaiwi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sa'bawi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zawawei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Savowai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sawowei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sawaiva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sehwawi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chawawi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saiwawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sabawai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shawaway | 71 | 7 | / |
| Shahbawi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Shahwabi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sattvawi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shawawet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shahvawi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sawaibai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shawawaj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shawabai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sewavi | 67 | 1,945 | / |
| Zawawy | 67 | 1,627 | / |
| Sababi | 67 | 323 | / |
| Sabawy | 67 | 161 | / |
| Savabi | 67 | 139 | / |
| Zawavi | 67 | 55 | / |
| Zawawe | 67 | 18 | / |
| Jowawi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Zewawi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Zowawi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Savavi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sabavi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sawewe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zawawa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sowawa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shawawerh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Savewi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sawobi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jawavi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sabowi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sawovi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sawawi
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