Sawafi Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Sawafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oman | 101 | 1:36,515 | 2,479 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Sawafi (55) may also be a first name.
Sawafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawafi (Arabic: سوافي) is most common in Oman. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawafi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,666,404th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Sawafi are found; 87 percent are found in West Asia and 87 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Sawafi is also the 1,336,256th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 55 people.
The last name Sawafi is most frequently occurring in Oman, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 36,515. In Oman it is most prevalent in: Muscat Governorate, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Oman it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 6 percent reside and Norway, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawafi | 92 | 8 | / |
| Seawafi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Shawadfi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Savafi | 83 | 47 | / |
| Sawafa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Zawafi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sawafy | 83 | 2 | / |
| Jawafi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sawafet | 77 | 6,361 | / |
| Sawaphi | 77 | 61 | / |
| Seweafi | 77 | 23 | / |
| Shabafi | 77 | 14 | / |
| Sawayfa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Shawafa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sewaifi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sewafie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sawafeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sabayfi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shawafy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shawafeh | 71 | 31 | / |
| Javafi | 67 | 41 | / |
| Sewafy | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sowefi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sewefi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sawatphai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sowafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zabafi | 67 | 1 | / |
Sawafi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawafi in the Arabic language | ||
| سوافي | swafy | - |
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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 Sawafi
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