Suwah Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Suwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 83 | 1:53,115 | 4,716 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Suwah (403) may also be a first name.
Suwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Suwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Suwah is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Suwah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Suwah is the 1,795,579th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Suwah reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 429,755th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, held by 403 people.
The last name is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 53,115. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Lofa County, where 36 percent are found, Nimba County, where 25 percent are found and Bong County, where 18 percent are found. Besides Liberia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Suwah
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