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 surname Sawia (Hindi: सविया) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sawia is the 221,588th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,958,471 people. Sawia occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Sawia live; 68 percent live in South Asia and 68 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sawia is also the 130,580th most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 3,056 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 1,259 people, or 1 in 141,893. In Pakistan Sawia is mostly found in: Punjab, where 100 percent live and Sindh, where 0 percent live. Besides Pakistan Sawia is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Vanuatu, where 17 percent live and Indonesia, where 10 percent live.
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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