Sawers Surname
Approximately 2,607 people bear this surname
Sawers Surname Definition:
Radulphus de Sahurs, and the Ville of Sahurs, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Nicholas Sawere, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Sawers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 702 | 1:130,963 | 10,408 |
| Scotland | 384 | 1:13,942 | 1,788 |
| United States | 365 | 1:993,038 | 73,486 |
| England | 270 | 1:206,363 | 17,844 |
| Australia | 249 | 1:108,416 | 12,099 |
| Canada | 234 | 1:157,460 | 15,959 |
| New Zealand | 143 | 1:31,667 | 5,500 |
| South Africa | 84 | 1:644,973 | 47,754 |
| Honduras | 46 | 1:191,662 | 2,202 |
| Belize | 28 | 1:12,696 | 1,465 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Israel | 21 | 1:407,506 | 32,346 |
| Isle of Man | 15 | 1:5,721 | 1,243 |
| Costa Rica | 14 | 1:341,434 | 3,425 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 280 | 1:13,369 | 1,553 |
| England | 74 | 1:329,397 | 21,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 152 | 1:330,386 | 25,648 |
Sawers Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Radulphus de Sahurs, and the Ville of Sahurs, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Nicholas Sawere, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Sawers Demographics
Sawers Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sawers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawers (Arabic: سويرز) occurs most in Egypt. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawers? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sawers is the 166,053rd most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,795,376 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 30 percent of Sawers live; 27 percent live in North Africa and 27 percent live in Arabic North Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Egypt, where it is carried by 702 people, or 1 in 130,963. Excluding Egypt this surname is found in 37 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.
Sawers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sawers has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Sawers surname rose 137 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 240 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 365 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Sawers Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Presbyterian (92%) in Ireland.
In The United States Sawers are 11.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 64.52% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sawers earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 31.45% more than the national average, earning R 312,384 per year; in United States they earn 6.97% more than the national average, earning $46,155 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.02% more than the national average, earning $56,648 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawers Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawers in the Arabic language | ||
| سويرز | swyrz | - |
| سوارز | swarz | - |
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Footnotes
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