Sawela Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Sawela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Sawela (70) may also be a first name.
Sawela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawela occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sawela.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Sawela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 48 percent of Sawela reside; 32 percent reside in Western Europe and 31 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Sawela is also the 1,162,016th most widely held first name globally It is held by 70 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 605,087. In Belgium Sawela is primarily found in: Brussels Capital Region, where 58 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 42 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 21 percent reside and Tanzania, where 15 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 Sawela
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