Sawo Surname
Approximately 4,956 people bear this surname
Sawo Surname User-submission:
The Sawo surname belongs to Sarahule or Mandinka. They are found in areas like Baddibu and Basse in Gambia.
Sawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 3,235 | 1:595 | 109 |
| Kenya | 335 | 1:137,850 | 11,224 |
| Liberia | 313 | 1:14,085 | 1,478 |
| Indonesia | 204 | 1:648,280 | 50,804 |
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Papua New Guinea | 87 | 1:93,721 | 12,528 |
| Niger | 84 | 1:228,476 | 7,450 |
| Ivory Coast | 54 | 1:427,245 | 14,306 |
| Spain | 53 | 1:882,114 | 34,832 |
| Mauritania | 43 | 1:95,229 | 5,961 |
| United States | 38 | 1:9,538,393 | 399,091 |
| Philippines | 34 | 1:2,977,595 | 140,497 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Zambia | 27 | 1:587,034 | 24,185 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Senegal | 18 | 1:809,963 | 2,817 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Sawo (1,379) may also be a first name.
Sawo Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Sawo surname belongs to Sarahule or Mandinka. They are found in areas like Baddibu and Basse in Gambia.
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Sawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawo (Arabic: سوو, Bengali: শাও, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﻭﻭ, Hindi: सावो, Oriya: ସାଓ) is most common in The Gambia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 95,991st most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,470,449 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Sawo are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Sawo is also the 210,876th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 1,379 people.
The last name Sawo is most frequently held in The Gambia, where it is carried by 3,235 people, or 1 in 595. Beside The Gambia this surname exists in 43 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 7 percent are found and Liberia, where 6 percent are found.
Sawo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sawo last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Sawo last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Sawo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.59% less than the national average, earning R 58,008 per year and in United States they earn 14.89% more than the national average, earning $49,576 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawo in the Bengali language | ||
| শাও | sa'o | - |
| Sawo in the Hindi language | ||
| सावो | savo | - |
| Sawo in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଓ | sa'o | - |
| Sawo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺎﻭﻭ | saww | 55.56 |
| ﺻﺎﻭ | saw | 44.44 |
| Sawo in the Arabic language | ||
| سوو | sww | - |
| ساوو | saww | - |
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