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 is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sawwa is the 1,098,270th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The surname is primarily found 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 frequently used first name worldwide, held by 40 people.
The surname Sawwa is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 1,095,975. In Pakistan Sawwa is most numerous in: Punjab, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Pakistan this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 8 percent reside and Poland, where 6 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 Sawwa
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