Abou Sawan Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Abou Sawan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 170 | 1:26,758 | 3,757 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Abou Sawan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abou Sawan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abou Sawan is more frequently found in Palestine than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Abou Sawan.
How Common Is The Last Name Abou Sawan? popularity and diffusion
Abou Sawan is the 1,276,805th most frequently held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. Abou Sawan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Abou Sawan are found; 98 percent are found in West Asia and 95 percent are found in Levant.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Palestine, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 26,758. In Palestine Abou Sawan is primarily concentrated in: Hebron Governorate, where 96 percent reside and Nablus Governorate, where 4 percent reside. Besides Palestine this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Sawan | 95 | 197 | / |
| Abou Hsaywan | 91 | 47 | / |
| Abou-Sawan | 90 | 3 | / |
| Abu Shawan | 90 | 1 | / |
| Abou Savane | 86 | 13 | / |
| Abu Shahwan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Abou Shaban | 86 | 1 | / |
| Abou Shaaban | 82 | 2 | / |
| Abou Shabaan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Abu Shaban | 80 | 1,394 | / |
| Abu Sahban | 80 | 5 | / |
| Abu Saiban | 80 | 3 | / |
| Abou Sevan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abu Shaaban | 76 | 2,902 | / |
| Abou-Shaban | 76 | 4 | / |
| Abu Shabaan | 76 | 2 | / |
| Abou-Shaaban | 73 | 6 | / |
| Abu-Shaban | 70 | 23 | / |
| Abu-Shaaban | 67 | 76 | / |
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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 Abou Sawan
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