Sawang Surname
Approximately 5,450 people bear this surname
Sawang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 3,835 | 1:18,419 | 1,458 |
| Malaysia | 366 | 1:80,585 | 5,685 |
| Papua New Guinea | 364 | 1:22,400 | 2,434 |
| Philippines | 347 | 1:291,753 | 41,795 |
| Indonesia | 281 | 1:470,638 | 38,844 |
| India | 144 | 1:5,326,843 | 130,588 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Sawang (57,541) may also be a first name.
Sawang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawang (Hindi: शवांग, Marathi: सावंग, Tibetan: ས་དབང་) occurs most in Thailand. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawang? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 88,161st most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,337,164 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Sawang are found; 89 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 70 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Sawang is also the 16,406th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 57,541 people.
The last name Sawang is most numerous in Thailand, where it is borne by 3,835 people, or 1 in 18,419. In Thailand Sawang is mostly found in: Sakon Nakhon Province, where 16 percent reside, Chaiyaphum Province, where 14 percent reside and Nakhon Phanom Province, where 13 percent reside. Beside Thailand this surname exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 7 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawang in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་དབང་ | sawang | - |
| Sawang in the Hindi language | ||
| शवांग | savanga | - |
| Sawang in the Marathi language | ||
| सावंग | savanga | 96.52 |
| सवंग | savanga | 2.49 |
| सावग | savaga | 1 |
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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
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- 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 Sawang
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