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
The surname Sawasi (Hindi: सवासी, Oriya: ସୱାସୀ) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawasi? popularity and diffusion
Sawasi is the 171,863rd most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,910,362 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Sawasi live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,504,468th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 45 people.
The last name Sawasi is most common in India, where it is carried by 2,254 people, or 1 in 340,313. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Assam, where 88 percent live, West Bengal, where 7 percent live and Jharkhand, where 2 percent live. Not including India it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 6 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
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
- 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 Sawasi
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