Sawalan Surname
Approximately 369 people bear this surname
Sawalan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 320 | 1:316,369 | 44,118 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Sawalan (30) may also be a first name.
Sawalan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawalan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawalan is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawalan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 770,644th most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 19,749,447 people. The last name Sawalan is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sawalan reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 86 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Sawalan is also the 1,911,214th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 30 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 320 people, or 1 in 316,369. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Northern Mindanao, where 80 percent live, Caraga, where 5 percent live and Soccsksargen, where 4 percent live. Besides The Philippines this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Sawalan
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