Sawasi Surname
Approximately 2,504 people bear this surname
Sawasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,254 | 1:340,313 | 18,690 |
| Philippines | 139 | 1:728,333 | 72,844 |
| Papua New Guinea | 106 | 1:76,922 | 10,108 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Sawasi (45) may also be a first name.
Sawasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawasi (Hindi: सवासी, Oriya: ସୱାସୀ) is found most frequently in India. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawasi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 171,863rd most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,910,362 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Sawasi are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sawasi is also the 1,504,468th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 45 people.
The last name is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 2,254 people, or 1 in 340,313. In India it is primarily found in: Assam, where 88 percent are found, West Bengal, where 7 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 2 percent are found. Excluding India it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 6 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawasi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawasi in the Hindi language | ||
| सवासी | savasi | - |
| Sawasi in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୱାସୀ | sawasi | 50 |
| ସମାସୀ | samasi | 25 |
| ମୁସୱାସି | musawasi | 25 |
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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 Sawasi
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