Sawea Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Sawea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sawea (39) may also be a first name.
Sawea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawea is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawea? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,979,664th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 56 percent of Sawea are found; 56 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 56 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Sawea is also the 1,637,361st most frequently held forename internationally It is held by 39 people.
The surname Sawea is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea Sawea is primarily concentrated in: Western, where 54 percent reside and Chimbu, where 46 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea Sawea is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 26 percent reside and Indonesia, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Sawea
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