Sawwa Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Sawwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 163 | 1:1,095,975 | 13,667 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Jordan | 5 | 1:1,768,487 | 19,843 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Sawwa (40) may also be a first name.
Sawwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawwa occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Sawwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sawwa is the 1,098,270th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Sawwa reside; 73 percent reside in South Asia and 73 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 40 people.
Sawwa is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 163 people, or 1 in 1,095,975. In Pakistan Sawwa is most frequent in: Punjab, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 8 percent live and Poland, 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 Sawwa
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