Sahiwal Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Sahiwal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 240 | 1:744,350 | 10,904 |
| India | 62 | 1:12,372,022 | 220,417 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Sahiwal (20) may also be a first name.
Sahiwal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahiwal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sahiwal is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahiwal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 847,909th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 22,562,062 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Sahiwal reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 74 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 20 people.
The surname Sahiwal is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 240 people, or 1 in 744,350. In Pakistan it is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 73 percent live, Sindh, where 25 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 1 percent live. Excluding Pakistan Sahiwal occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sahiwaal | 93 | 5 | / |
| Shahiwal | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sahival | 86 | 109 | / |
| Sahewal | 86 | 98 | / |
| Shahival | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sahibhal | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shahivale | 75 | 23 | / |
| Saheval | 71 | 20 | / |
| Jahival | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sahivole | 67 | 2 | / |
| Seaywall | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jahaewal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaeshwal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schoewald | 63 | 2 | / |
| Saijaibal | 63 | 1 | / |
| Jaewal | 62 | 2 | / |
| Saeval | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jaeswal | 57 | 25 | / |
| Saevale | 57 | 2 | / |
| Jeaival | 57 | 2 | / |
| Jaheval | 57 | 2 | / |
| Sääwald | 57 | 1 | / |
| Shaevale | 53 | 5 | / |
| Shaejval | 53 | 1 | / |
| Jaoiswal | 53 | 1 | / |
| Shoeball | 53 | 0 | / |
| Jaiyeswal | 50 | 1 | / |
| Souaiboul | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Sahiwal
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