Sawam Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Sawam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 73 | 1:390,150 | 3,951 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sawam (85) may also be a first name.
Sawam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawam (Arabic: ساوم) is held by more people in Nepal than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sawam.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,604,449th most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of Sawam reside; 63 percent reside in South Asia and 62 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Sawam is also the 1,039,322nd most frequent first name on earth, held by 85 people.
Sawam is most frequently used in Nepal, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 390,150. In Nepal Sawam is most numerous in: Mechi, where 77 percent are found, Koshi, where 21 percent are found and Bagmati, where 1 percent are found. Barring Nepal this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent are found and Yemen, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawam in the Arabic language | ||
| ساوم | sawm | - |
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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 Sawam
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