View the most religious surnames in Kenya

Where Does The Last Name Sawe Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Sawe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮ) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Säwe. For other possible spellings of Sawe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawe? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 36,622^nd most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 506,080 people. Sawe occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sawe live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 46 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 182,945^th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 1,753 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 8,736 people, or 1 in 5,286. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Uasin Gishu County, where 37 percent are found, Nandi County, where 18 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 10 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname is found in 46 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 25 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.

Sawe Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Sawe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sawe last name expanded 8,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sawe Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Sawe surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Sawe surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Sawe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.14% less than the national average, earning R 85,224 per year and in United States they earn 79.05% more than the national average, earning $77,260 USD per year.