Al Sawafi Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Al Sawafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oman | 230 | 1:16,035 | 1,651 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Al Sawafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Sawafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Sawafi is found most in Oman. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Al Sawafi.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Sawafi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 966,131st most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Al Sawafi live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
The last name Al Sawafi is most frequently occurring in Oman, where it is carried by 230 people, or 1 in 16,035. In Oman it is mostly concentrated in: Muscat Governorate, where 2 percent live and Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate, where 0 percent live. Not including Oman it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 6 percent live and Thailand, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Shawafi | 95 | 14,638 | / |
| Al Sawwafi | 95 | 2 | / |
| Al Shawadfi | 90 | 8 | / |
| Al Shawwafi | 90 | 1 | / |
| Al-Sawafi | 89 | 320 | / |
| Al Jawafi | 89 | 5 | / |
| Al Sabafi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Al Shawafy | 84 | 929 | / |
| Al-Shawafi | 84 | 215 | / |
| Al Shabafi | 84 | 1 | / |
| Al Shawadfy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Al Shawafey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Al Sewafy | 78 | 1 | / |
| Al-Sawafy | 78 | 1 | / |
| Al-Shewafi | 74 | 2 | / |
| Al-Shawadfy | 70 | 4 | / |
| Al-Sowafy | 67 | 12 | / |
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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
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- 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 Al Sawafi
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