Saswana Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
South Africa

Saswana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saswana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Saswana (10) may also be a first name.

Saswana Last Name Facts

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

Saswana (Oriya: ସାାନା) is found most in Indonesia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Saswana.

How Common Is The Last Name Saswana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Saswana live; 36 percent live in Southern Africa and 36 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 10 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: South Sulawesi, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia Saswana occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 36 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 29 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seaswana9310/
Schaswana881/
Sasuana86373/
Seswana86168/
Soswana8625/
Saswani8615/
Sazwana865/
Jaswana862/
Saswane862/
Saiswani8019/
Seaswane8015/
Shazwana807/
Sashbana806/
Shaswane801/
Soszwana801/
Jaiswana801/
Sahaswani755/
Shashwani751/
Sozwana71200/
Soswani7135/
Zaswani7111/
Saswono717/
Sasvani715/
Sosuana715/
Caswano713/
Sazuana712/
Sazwany711/
Sazwane711/
Joswana711/
Shahaswano711/
Sachwani67346/
Seiswane6718/
Jaswaney6714/
Saisvani672/
Sachwany671/
Sachuana671/

Saswana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Saswana in the Oriya language
ସାାନାsaana-

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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 Saswana
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