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 surname Sakwan (Marathi: सकवान) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakwan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sakwan is the 1,095,216th most frequently held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. The surname is predominantly found 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 frequently occurring forename worldwide It is held by 953 people.
The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 1,017,301. In Indonesia Sakwan is primarily concentrated in: Jambi, where 48 percent are found, West Java, where 24 percent are found and East Java, where 11 percent are found. Not including Indonesia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 25 percent are found and Thailand, where 7 percent are found.
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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