Sawanishi Surname
Approximately 566 people bear this surname
Sawanishi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 564 | 1:226,674 | 9,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Sawanishi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawanishi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawanishi is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawanishi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 560,645th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 12,875,523 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sawanishi are found; 100 percent are found in East Asia and 100 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is held by 564 people, or 1 in 226,674. In Japan Sawanishi is mostly concentrated in: Shizuoka Prefecture, where 24 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 24 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 14 percent reside. Besides Japan this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saiwainishi | 90 | 66 | / |
| Savanisi | 82 | 26 | / |
| Jawanisi | 82 | 6 | / |
| Savanisha | 78 | 2 | / |
| Sabaneschi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Jawonisi | 71 | 85 | / |
| Jowanisi | 71 | 68 | / |
| Xabanisi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sevanisi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sovanisi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Xhabanisi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Shawanesy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shawanesse | 63 | 13 | / |
| Shewaneshe | 63 | 9 | / |
| Sawanhchai | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shewaneseh | 63 | 1 | / |
| Jovanisi | 59 | 11 | / |
| Sabanese | 59 | 4 | / |
| Jowanise | 59 | 2 | / |
| Sovanise | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sovanisa | 59 | 1 | / |
| Giovanisi | 56 | 2 | / |
| Savanhxay | 56 | 1 | / |
| Shewanese | 56 | 1 | / |
| Giovanisci | 53 | 29 | / |
| Giovaneschi | 50 | 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
- 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 Sawanishi
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