Family name السواح (السواح 
, Sawwah 
) , worldwide, is a common cognomen. The cognomen السواح is habitual in Egypt, where it is quite a common surname, Syria, where it is quite a rare surname, and Saudi Arabia. Very seldom, السواح is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| السواح | Jordan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt |
| Sawwah | Singapore, Myanmar, Syria, Nigeria, Egypt |
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طارق السواح Guantanamo detainee, EG (b. 1957) |
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| فراس السواح writer, SY (b. 1941) |
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