Sawia Surname
Approximately 1,841 people bear this surname
Sawia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1,259 | 1:141,893 | 3,953 |
| Vanuatu | 315 | 1:836 | 191 |
| Indonesia | 185 | 1:714,861 | 55,312 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Sawia (3,056) may also be a first name.
Sawia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawia (Hindi: सविया) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 221,588th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,958,471 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 78 percent of Sawia reside; 68 percent reside in South Asia and 68 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sawia is also the 130,580th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 3,056 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 1,259 people, or 1 in 141,893. In Pakistan it is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 100 percent are found and Sindh, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Pakistan it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Vanuatu, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawia in the Hindi language | ||
| सविया | saviya | - |
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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 Sawia
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