Sawe Surname
Approximately 14,400 people bear this surname
Sawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 8,736 | 1:5,286 | 736 |
| Tanzania | 3,530 | 1:14,998 | 1,944 |
| Indonesia | 332 | 1:398,341 | 33,813 |
| Papua New Guinea | 280 | 1:29,120 | 3,321 |
| Nigeria | 268 | 1:660,980 | 30,902 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Philippines | 167 | 1:606,217 | 65,606 |
| Benin | 158 | 1:65,415 | 7,986 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Senegal | 122 | 1:119,503 | 1,135 |
| India | 103 | 1:7,447,237 | 161,200 |
| United States | 85 | 1:4,264,223 | 227,504 |
| Uganda | 60 | 1:650,655 | 33,621 |
| South Africa | 53 | 1:1,022,221 | 62,590 |
| Cameroon | 49 | 1:423,859 | 35,946 |
| Zimbabwe | 46 | 1:335,614 | 32,404 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Säwe (65) are calculated separately.
Sawe (1,753) may also be a first name.
Sawe Demographics
Average Sawe Salary in
United States
$77,260 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮ) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Säwe. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sawe is the 36,622nd most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 506,080 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Sawe live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 46 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Sawe is also the 182,945th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 1,753 people.
The last name Sawe is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 8,736 people, or 1 in 5,286. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Uasin Gishu County, where 37 percent reside, Nandi County, where 18 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in 46 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 25 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.
Sawe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sawe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sawe surname increased 8,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sawe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sawe surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Sawe surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻮ | sw | 66.67 |
| ﺳﺎﻭ | saw | 33.33 |
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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 Sawe
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