Sawing Surname
Approximately 1,296 people bear this surname
Sawing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 846 | 1:34,863 | 2,933 |
| Thailand | 259 | 1:272,735 | 46,848 |
| Indonesia | 166 | 1:796,682 | 60,566 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Säwing (7) are calculated separately.
Sawing (8,400) may also be a first name.
Sawing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawing Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawing is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Säwing. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawing? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sawing is the 294,474th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,623,106 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sawing are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 78 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 68,856th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 8,400 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 846 people, or 1 in 34,863. In Malaysia it is primarily concentrated in: Sarawak, where 93 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent live and Johor, where 1 percent live. Excluding Malaysia this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 20 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.
Sawing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sawing has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sawing last name declined 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Säwing | 94 | 7 | / |
| Saawing | 92 | 17 | / |
| Sawings | 92 | 14 | / |
| Shawing | 92 | 4 | / |
| Sawieng | 92 | 3 | / |
| Saewing | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sawaing | 92 | 1 | / |
| Saswing | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sahwing | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sawhing | 92 | 1 | / |
| Saiwing | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sawng | 91 | 3 | / |
| Sewing | 83 | 1,534 | / |
| Jawing | 83 | 263 | / |
| Saweng | 83 | 219 | / |
| Sabing | 83 | 103 | / |
| Shawng | 83 | 5 | / |
| Sowing | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sawink | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sawaeng | 77 | 704 | / |
| Siewing | 77 | 101 | / |
| Showing | 77 | 75 | / |
| Shaweng | 77 | 42 | / |
| Saubing | 77 | 14 | / |
| Saeweng | 77 | 13 | / |
| Shewing | 77 | 5 | / |
| Sauweng | 77 | 3 | / |
| Saibing | 77 | 2 | / |
| Saehwng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sawheng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saweang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saybing | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seaweng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saiueng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sowaing | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chawing | 77 | 1 | / |
| Szewing | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seabing | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sabng | 73 | 3 | / |
| Savng | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schowing | 71 | 103 | / |
| Schöwing | 71 | 39 | / |
| Saewoeng | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chaiwing | 71 | 4 | / |
| Schewing | 71 | 3 | / |
| Soyswing | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sheewing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siowging | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saouhing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saewaeng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chawwing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siewieng | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shoewing | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sabeng | 67 | 1,274 | / |
| Sobing | 67 | 182 | / |
| Seweng | 67 | 61 | / |
| Soweng | 67 | 54 | / |
| Chawng | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sawnke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Schoewing | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zewing | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shawnk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zaibng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jowing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sawenk | 67 | 0 | / |
| Zowing | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sawing
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