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
The surname Sawela is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,436,415th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 48 percent of Sawela live; 32 percent live in Western Europe and 31 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,162,016th most frequently used given name globally, held by 70 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 605,087. In Belgium Sawela is most common in: Brussels Capital Region, where 58 percent live and Walloon Region, where 42 percent live. Apart from Belgium it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 21 percent live and Tanzania, where 15 percent live.
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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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