Sewia Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Sewia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sewia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia851:1,555,873103,724
Solomon Islands251:23,2014,555
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Sewia Last Name Facts

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

Sewia is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sewia? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,658,108th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Sewia live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 78 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Sewia is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 1,555,873. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Papua, where 99 percent live and Papua, where 1 percent live. Apart from Indonesia Sewia is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 21 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sewiha9120/
Sewiah911/
Sewuiah831/
Sawia801,841/
Sebia801,222/
Sevia80171/
Siwia8027/
Sewya808/
Jewia808/
Gewia807/
Sowia803/
Sywia802/
Zewia801/
Sewio800/
Shewayia774/
Seewijai771/
Sebiha731,323/
Sawiah73611/
Shawia73180/
Shewio73138/
Sebiaa7367/
Sawiea7348/
Seweah7336/
Siwiha7327/
Sowiha7318/
Shevia7314/
Sevija7314/
Shebia7314/
Chewia7310/
Sehwea739/
Sawija737/
Sawiha735/
Sebiea733/
Sawuia732/
Sahwia731/
Sawhia731/
Shiwia731/
Sesvia731/
Seweha731/
Sowiah731/
Seawea731/
Zeawia731/
Saweia731/
Zewija731/
Siwias731/
Xsevia731/
Seivia730/
Seviat730/
Sevias730/
Sowiea730/
Scevia730/
Sawaiya67250/
Sehweah67164/
Saywiah6760/
Sewaaya6714/
Seiweah679/
Sohwiah678/
Seaweah677/
Sehbiah676/
Siwijai672/
Jewiasz672/
Soweija671/
Shebija671/
Sevhias671/
Sheivya671/
Sheibya671/
Sewajja671/
Seiwhea671/
Sheweah671/
Sevogia671/
Siwaiya671/
Shawiah671/
Sowaiya671/
Saveiya671/
Drzewia671/
Shewyae671/
Sechuia670/

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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 Sewia
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