Saraswathy Surname

459,598th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 735 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Saraswathy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saraswathy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2561:2,996,34989,863
Malaysia2371:124,4488,131
United Arab Emirates891:102,9478,862
Qatar781:30,2313,215
United States231:15,759,084542,937
England211:2,653,24194,788
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
France11:66,422,722504,397
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Saraswathy (35,025) may also be a first name.

Saraswathy Last Name Facts

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

Saraswathy (Hindi: सरस्वती) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Saraswathy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 459,598th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,915,028 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Saraswathy live; 35 percent live in South Asia and 35 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Saraswathy is also the 24,713th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 35,025 people.

This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 256 people, or 1 in 2,996,349. In India it is most prevalent in: Kerala, where 31 percent are found, Tamil Nadu, where 15 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 12 percent are found. Not including India this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 32 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 12 percent are found.

Saraswathy Last Name Statistics demography

Saraswathy earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.72% more than the national average, earning $49,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Saraswathy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Saraswathy in the Hindi language
सरस्वतीsarasvati-

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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 Saraswathy
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