Sawiri Surname
Approximately 629 people bear this surname
Sawiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Indonesia | 197 | 1:671,316 | 52,436 |
| Ivory Coast | 36 | 1:640,868 | 18,598 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sawiri (861) may also be a first name.
Sawiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawiri is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawiri? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 518,137th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 11,585,924 people. The last name Sawiri occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Sawiri are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sawiri is also the 277,461st most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 861 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Other than Ghana this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 31 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 6 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 Sawiri
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