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
The surname Suwah has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Suwah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,795,579th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Suwah are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Suwah is also the 429,755th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 403 people.
The surname is most widespread in Liberia, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 53,115. In Liberia Suwah is most numerous in: Lofa County, where 36 percent reside, Nimba County, where 25 percent reside and Bong County, where 18 percent reside. Barring Liberia it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 10 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 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 Suwah
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