Sawiah Surname
Approximately 611 people bear this surname
Sawiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 592 | 1:223,394 | 20,822 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Sawiah (5,060) may also be a first name.
Sawiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawiah occurs most in Indonesia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sawiah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 529,538th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,927,244 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sawiah live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sawiah is also the 95,509th most frequently held given name internationally. It is borne by 5,060 people.
The last name Sawiah is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 592 people, or 1 in 223,394. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Java, where 59 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 20 percent live and Southeast Sulawesi, where 5 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 2 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 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 Sawiah
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