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
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sawey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawey is found most frequently in Yemen. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sawey is the 316,846th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,160,225 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Sawey are found; 41 percent are found in West Asia and 37 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Sawey is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 18 people.
The surname Sawey is most widespread 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. Besides Yemen this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 23 percent live and Egypt, where 18 percent live.
Sawey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sawey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing 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 surname is principally Catholic (98%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Sawey surname are 34.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US 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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