Sawal Surname
Approximately 12,165 people bear this surname
Sawal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,853 | 1:46,354 | 5,240 |
| Philippines | 1,839 | 1:55,051 | 9,172 |
| India | 1,603 | 1:478,519 | 24,350 |
| Yemen | 1,362 | 1:19,402 | 2,061 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,232 | 1:25,045 | 3,507 |
| Brunei | 1,068 | 1:392 | 68 |
| Malaysia | 527 | 1:55,966 | 4,290 |
| Pakistan | 485 | 1:368,338 | 7,161 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Iraq | 267 | 1:131,167 | 3,591 |
| United Arab Emirates | 134 | 1:68,375 | 6,373 |
| United States | 114 | 1:3,179,464 | 183,182 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Canada | 40 | 1:921,140 | 70,350 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Nepal | 7 | 1:4,068,708 | 11,207 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Sawal (16,474) may also be a first name.
Sawal Demographics
Average Sawal Salary in
United States
$47,797 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sawal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawal (Hindi: सावल, Marathi: सावळ, Oriya: ସୱାଲ) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sawal.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 42,785th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 599,058 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Sawal are found; 52 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 39 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sawal is also the 43,500th most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 16,474 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 2,853 people, or 1 in 46,354. In Indonesia Sawal is primarily concentrated in: North Maluku, where 16 percent are found, West Java, where 10 percent are found and Central Java, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia it occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 15 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.
Sawal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sawal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sawal last name expanded 2,280 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sawal Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sawal surname are 42.42% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.65% being registered with the political party.
The amount Sawal earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.77% more than the national average, earning $47,797 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.85% more than the national average, earning $58,056 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawal in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୱାଲ | sawala | - |
| Sawal in the Marathi language | ||
| सावळ | savala | 67.47 |
| सावल | savala | 17.3 |
| सवाल | savala | 6.92 |
| सावळा | savala | 4.5 |
| सावळे | savale | 1.38 |
| सवाळ | savala | 0.69 |
| सवळ | savala | 0.69 |
| सवल | savala | 0.35 |
| Sawal in the Hindi language | ||
| सावल | savala | 41.18 |
| सांवल | sanvala | 23.53 |
| सवाल | savala | 11.76 |
| सावाल | savala | 5.88 |
| सवल | savala | 5.88 |
| शावाल | savala | 5.88 |
| सहवाल | sahavala | 5.88 |
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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 Sawal
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