Sawira Surname
Approximately 411 people bear this surname
Sawira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Indonesia | 120 | 1:1,102,077 | 79,449 |
| Tanzania | 57 | 1:928,800 | 44,452 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Sawira (1,099) may also be a first name.
Sawira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawira (Hindi: सावीरा) occurs most in Malawi. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sawira.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 712,393rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 17,731,255 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Sawira reside; 51 percent reside in Southern Africa and 51 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 240,696th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 1,099 people.
It is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Aside from Malawi it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 29 percent reside and Tanzania, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawira in the Hindi language | ||
| सावीरा | savira | - |
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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 Sawira
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