Sawad Surname
Approximately 2,287 people bear this surname
Sawad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 795 | 1:38,812 | 5,622 |
| Jordan | 663 | 1:13,337 | 2,264 |
| Philippines | 367 | 1:275,853 | 40,185 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| India | 103 | 1:7,447,237 | 161,200 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Thailand | 39 | 1:1,811,240 | 225,763 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Pakistan | 32 | 1:5,582,621 | 34,646 |
| Maldives | 22 | 1:18,371 | 1,229 |
| Taiwan | 20 | 1:1,172,237 | 8,044 |
| Afghanistan | 18 | 1:1,786,288 | 13,520 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Sawad (1,210) may also be a first name.
Sawad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawad Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawad (Arabic: صاواد, Marathi: सावद, Oriya: ସୱାଦ) occurs more in Saudi Arabia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawad? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 185,329th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,186,509 people. The last name Sawad is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sawad live; 70 percent live in West Asia and 41 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Sawad is also the 227,680th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 1,210 people.
This last name is most widely held in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 795 people, or 1 in 38,812. Not including Saudi Arabia this last name occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 29 percent are found and The Philippines, where 16 percent are found.
Sawad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sawad has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawad Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawad in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୱାଦ | sawada | - |
| Sawad in the Marathi language | ||
| सावद | savada | 78.57 |
| सवड | savada | 7.14 |
| सावध | savadha | 7.14 |
| सवाद | savada | 7.14 |
| Sawad in the Arabic language | ||
| صاواد | sawad | - |
| سواد | swad | - |
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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 Sawad
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