Sawoyo Surname
Approximately 362 people bear this surname
Sawoyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 351 | 1:131,567 | 10,822 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
Sawoyo (118) may also be a first name.
Sawoyo Demographics
Sawoyo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sawoyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawoyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawoyo is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sawoyo.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawoyo? popularity and diffusion
Sawoyo is the 781,947th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,131,342 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sawoyo reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Sawoyo is also the 859,937th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 118 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 351 people, or 1 in 131,567. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Narok County, where 85 percent live, Migori County, where 15 percent live and Homa Bay County, where 0 percent live. Besides Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
Sawoyo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Sawoyo
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