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
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Sawey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawey is borne by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sawey is the 316,846th most commonly used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 6,160,225 people. The last name is predominantly found 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 widely held first name in the world, borne by 18 people.
The last name Sawey is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is borne by 430 people, or 1 in 61,454. In Yemen it is most prevalent in: Al Jawf Governorate, where 100 percent live, Ma'rib Governorate, where 0 percent live and Sana'a Governorate, where 0 percent live. Excluding Yemen this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 23 percent live and Egypt, where 18 percent live.
Sawey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sawey has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,450 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 64 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Sawey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Sawey last name is primarily Catholic (98%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Sawey surname are 34.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80.95% registered with the political 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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