Sawey Surname
Approximately 1,183 people bear this surname
Sawey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 430 | 1:61,454 | 4,588 |
| Philippines | 268 | 1:377,755 | 49,476 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| United States | 174 | 1:2,083,097 | 132,570 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Northern Ireland | 31 | 1:59,517 | 4,663 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 43 | 1:103,020 | 6,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Sawey (18) may also be a first name.
Sawey Demographics
Sawey Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sawey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawey has its highest incidence in Yemen. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawey? popularity and diffusion
Sawey is the 316,846th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 6,160,225 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Sawey reside; 41 percent reside in West Asia and 37 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 18 people.
This last name is most common in Yemen, where it is held by 430 people, or 1 in 61,454. In Yemen Sawey is most numerous in: Al Jawf Governorate, where 100 percent live, Ma'rib Governorate, where 0 percent live and Sana'a Governorate, where 0 percent live. Not including Yemen Sawey occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 23 percent live and Egypt, where 18 percent live.
Sawey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sawey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sawey surname increased 1,450 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 64 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Sawey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Sawey last name is principally Catholic (98%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Sawey last name are 34.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80.95% registered with the party.
Sawey earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.48% more than the national average, earning $58,028 USD per year.
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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 Sawey
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