Sakwan Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Sakwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 130 | 1:1,017,301 | 74,410 |
| Pakistan | 56 | 1:3,190,069 | 25,212 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Sakwan (953) may also be a first name.
Sakwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sakwan (Marathi: सकवान) is found most in Indonesia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakwan? popularity and diffusion
Sakwan is the 1,095,216th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Sakwan live; 67 percent live in Southeast Asia and 60 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 261,626th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 953 people.
The surname Sakwan is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 1,017,301. In Indonesia Sakwan is most numerous in: Jambi, where 48 percent live, West Java, where 24 percent live and East Java, where 11 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 25 percent live and Thailand, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakwan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakwan in the Marathi language | ||
| सकवान | sakavana | - |
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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 Sakwan
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