Sewado Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sewado Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sewado Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1751:59,0617,296
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sewado (34) may also be a first name.

Sewado Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sewado Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sewado occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sewado click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sewado? popularity and diffusion

Sewado is the 1,272,314th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sewado reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most numerous given name world-wide, borne by 34 people.

The last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 175 people, or 1 in 59,061. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 51 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 43 percent live and Littoral Department, where 2 percent live. Apart from Benin it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sewada83102/
Sebado8399/
Sewedo8338/
Sewodo8311/
Sawado8311/
Sowado831/
Sawadoo7750/
Sewodoh774/
Shewada773/
Sowadoo772/
Sewadat772/
Sevadou771/
Sewadda771/
Shebado771/
Ssewadda713/
Saiwaido711/
Seuwadeu711/
Sawada67159,270/
Sowada671,743/
Sevada67342/
Siwada67253/
Sivado6771/
Cebado6762/
Sebada6742/
Savado6741/
Sibado6737/
Sowedo6729/
Savedo6724/
Sevedo6722/
Seweda6714/
Zawado6714/
Sowodo677/
Gewada674/
Savodo671/
Sawodo671/
Sovado671/
Cevado671/
Zewada671/

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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
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  • 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 Sewado
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