Sawoh Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Sawoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sawoh (28) may also be a first name.
Sawoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawoh is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sawoh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawoh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. Sawoh is predominantly found in Africa, where 46 percent of Sawoh are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Sawoh is also the 1,994,417th most widespread given name world-wide, held by 28 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 176,341. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Lofa County, where 40 percent live, Montserrado County, where 32 percent live and Grand Kru County, where 20 percent live. Barring Liberia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 42 percent live and Sweden, where 9 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 Sawoh
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