Saowan Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Saowan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saowan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand801:882,979139,249
Papua New Guinea371:220,37130,351
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Saowan (202) may also be a first name.

Saowan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Saowan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Saowan occurs in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Saowan.

How Common Is The Last Name Saowan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,637,889th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Saowan are found; 66 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 66 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 637,340th most frequently held first name globally, held by 202 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 882,979. In Thailand it is most numerous in: Chachoengsao Province, where 58 percent reside, Bangkok, where 26 percent reside and Chiang Mai Province, where 9 percent reside. Besides Thailand this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent reside and Taiwan, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Saowan
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