Sawayan Surname
Approximately 576 people bear this surname
Sawayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 354 | 1:285,984 | 41,189 |
| India | 198 | 1:3,874,068 | 106,327 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sawayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawayan (Hindi: सवायन, Oriya: ସାୱାୟଁା) occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawayan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sawayan is the 553,576th most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,651,989 people. The surname Sawayan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sawayan reside; 63 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 61 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname Sawayan is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 354 people, or 1 in 285,984. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Northern Mindanao, where 85 percent live, Central Visayas, where 9 percent live and Caraga, where 3 percent live. Barring The Philippines it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 34 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawayan in the Hindi language | ||
| सवायन | savayana | - |
| Sawayan in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାୱାୟଁା | sawayama | 43.81 |
| ସାୱୟଁା | sawayama | 35.24 |
| ସାଓୟଁା | sa'oyama | 3.81 |
| ସାୟଁା | sayama | 3.81 |
| ସାଓଁୟା | sa'omya | 3.81 |
| ସାହୟଁା | sahayama | 0.95 |
| ସାୱୟଁ | sawayam | 0.95 |
| ସାମାଡ | samada | 0.95 |
| ସାୱାୟଁ | sawayam | 0.95 |
| ସାଓାୟଁା | saoayama | 0.95 |
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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 Sawayan
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