Saywah Surname
Approximately 747 people bear this surname
Saywah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 744 | 1:5,925 | 712 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Saywah (25) may also be a first name.
Saywah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saywah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saywah occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saywah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Saywah is the 453,909th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 9,755,751 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Saywah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Saywah is also the 2,136,160th most common given name at a global level, borne by 25 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 744 people, or 1 in 5,925. In Liberia Saywah is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 58 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 27 percent reside and Sinoe County, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Liberia it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 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 Saywah
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