Swalah Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Swalah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Swalah (191) may also be a first name.
Swalah Demographics
Swalah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Swalah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swalah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Swalah is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swalah? popularity and diffusion
Swalah is the 2,506,728th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Swalah live; 46 percent live in East Africa and 41 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Swalah is also the 657,437th most widespread first name globally, borne by 191 people.
The last name Swalah is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 2,886,244. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Mombasa County, where 56 percent reside, Kajiado County, where 6 percent reside and Kilifi County, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent reside and Tanzania, where 15 percent reside.
Swalah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Swalah
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