Sawafta Surname

460,168th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 734 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Palestine

Sawafta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Sawafta Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia5171:59,6828,852
Palestine1451:31,3714,103
United Arab Emirates231:398,36023,003
Jordan211:421,06812,361
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
England21:27,859,030389,889
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
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Sawafta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sawafta is held by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawafta? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 460,168th most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 9,928,537 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sawafta live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 74 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

Sawafta is most widespread in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 517 people, or 1 in 59,682. Outside of Saudi Arabia Sawafta exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 20 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sawaftah93328/
Sabavta714/
Sabavtha674/
Sabavti5723/
Sababti572/
Sababty571/
Shabovta53330/
Xhabafti53256/
Sabhavti5314/
Sabavthe532/
Sabhavte531/
Shabhavti502/
Sabaphthy501/
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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 Sawafta
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