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
Sawayan (Hindi: सवायन, Oriya: ସାୱାୟଁା) is found most in The Philippines. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawayan? popularity and diffusion
Sawayan is the 553,576th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 12,651,989 people. Sawayan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sawayan live; 63 percent live in Southeast Asia and 61 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name Sawayan is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 354 people, or 1 in 285,984. In The Philippines Sawayan is most frequent in: Northern Mindanao, where 85 percent reside, Central Visayas, where 9 percent reside and Caraga, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account The Philippines this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 34 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
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
- 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 Sawayan
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