Sawato Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Sawato Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sawato Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan2621:487,95514,283
Philippines371:2,736,168135,784
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Sawato (294) may also be a first name.

Sawato Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sawato Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sawato occurs most in Japan. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawato? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sawato is the 876,631st most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,660,863 people. Sawato is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Sawato are found; 85 percent are found in East Asia and 85 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 514,566th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 294 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 262 people, or 1 in 487,955. In Japan Sawato is most frequent in: Shizuoka Prefecture, where 49 percent reside, Nagano Prefecture, where 19 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 18 percent reside. Beside Japan it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 12 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sawatto9237/
Siawato9226/
Saiwato9210/
Sawata83144/
Sawoto8330/
Savato8325/
Sowato834/
Sahawatou802/
Sabatho772,153/
Sabatto77106/
Sabatou77100/
Siavato7783/
Savasto775/
Shawata774/
Sawatta774/
Shawoto774/
Savatou774/
Saivato773/
Savatoy773/
Ssabato773/
Sawatha772/
Seabato772/
Sawaita772/
Shabato772/
Sawatau771/
Savvato771/
Sabaato771/
Sahbato771/
Sawahata713,851/
Shawatah71183/
Sawattha71166/
Saibatou7120/
Sahvatou7119/
Saweitou7110/
Sahbatou718/
Chawatou712/
Schawata712/
Saybatou712/
Sawattat711/
Souwatou711/
Siawatta711/
Showasto711/
Savastos711/
Savaitto711/
Sabhatho711/
Sabata673,101/
Savata67270/
Saboto67239/
Sawatthap6751/
Sawatthat6736/
Sowata6728/
Sábato676/
Sahabatou673/
Chawaatou673/
Zawoto672/
Sabàto672/
Sowoto671/

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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 Sawato
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