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) has its highest incidence in Nepal. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawam? popularity and diffusion
Sawam is the 1,604,449th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Sawam reside; 63 percent reside in South Asia and 62 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 85 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nepal, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 390,150. In Nepal Sawam is most common in: Mechi, where 77 percent reside, Koshi, where 21 percent reside and Bagmati, where 1 percent reside. Other than Nepal this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent reside and Yemen, where 5 percent reside.
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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