Sawata Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Sawata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 67 | 1:1,908,124 | 27,203 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sawata (164) may also be a first name.
Sawata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawata Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawata (Marathi: सावता) occurs in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawata? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,471,719th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Sawata live; 47 percent live in East Asia and 47 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 715,247th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 164 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Japan, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 1,908,124. In Japan Sawata is mostly found in: Osaka Prefecture, where 60 percent are found, Ishikawa Prefecture, where 31 percent are found and Chiba Prefecture, where 1 percent are found. Barring Japan this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawata Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawata in the Marathi language | ||
| सावता | savata | 95.6 |
| सावत | savata | 2.2 |
| सावंता | savanta | 1.1 |
| सवता | savata | 1.1 |
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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 Sawata
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