Sawalak Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sawalak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sawalak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sawalak (201) may also be a first name.

Sawalak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sawalak is most common in Thailand. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawalak? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Sawalak occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Sawalak are found; 75 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Sawalak is also the 639,077th most commonly held given name internationally, held by 201 people.

The last name Sawalak is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 35,319,172. In Thailand it is most numerous in: Bangkok, where 50 percent are found and Songkhla Province, where 50 percent are found. Other than Thailand this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

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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 Sawalak
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