Sawya Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Sawya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sawya (116) may also be a first name.
Sawya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻭﻳﻪ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawya? popularity and diffusion
Sawya is the 5,812,366th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. Sawya is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Sawya live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 868,627th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 116 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 100 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻭﻳﻪ | sawyh | - |
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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 Sawya
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