Sawame Surname
Approximately 928 people bear this surname
Sawame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 882 | 1:144,948 | 7,485 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sawame (24) may also be a first name.
Sawame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawame is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawame? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 383,389th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 7,852,959 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Sawame are found; 95 percent are found in East Asia and 95 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Sawame is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 24 people.
It is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 882 people, or 1 in 144,948. In Japan Sawame is most common in: Aomori Prefecture, where 76 percent live, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 10 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 6 percent live. Barring Japan it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Brazil, where 2 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 Sawame
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