Sawua Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Sawua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sawua (15) may also be a first name.
Sawua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawua is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,979,664th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Sawua reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sawua is also the 2,900,335th most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 15 people.
The last name Sawua is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Sawua is most common in: Benue, where 74 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent reside and Bauchi, where 3 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 9 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Sawua
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