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
Sakwan (Marathi: सकवान) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakwan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,095,216th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. The surname Sakwan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Sakwan reside; 67 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 60 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sakwan is also the 261,626th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 953 people.
It is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 1,017,301. In Indonesia it is most common in: Jambi, where 48 percent reside, West Java, where 24 percent reside and East Java, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia Sakwan exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 25 percent reside and Thailand, where 7 percent reside.
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
- 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 Sakwan
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