Sawaiya Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Sawaiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 217 | 1:3,534,864 | 100,127 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
Sawaiya (28) may also be a first name.
Sawaiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawaiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawaiya (Oriya: ଶାିାଇଁଆ) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawaiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,014,722nd most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. Sawaiya occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Sawaiya reside; 87 percent reside in South Asia and 87 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 28 people.
Sawaiya is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 217 people, or 1 in 3,534,864. In India it is most common in: Jharkhand, where 88 percent are found, Assam, where 7 percent are found and Odisha, where 2 percent are found. Barring India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawaiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawaiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶାିାଇଁଆ | saia'ima | 25 |
| ନୁାଇଁଆ | nua'ima | 25 |
| ସାଓଁୟା | sa'omya | 25 |
| ସମାୟା | samaya | 25 |
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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 Sawaiya
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