Sawir Surname
Approximately 853 people bear this surname
Sawir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 442 | 1:299,206 | 26,592 |
| Afghanistan | 204 | 1:157,614 | 3,312 |
| Iraq | 100 | 1:350,217 | 6,594 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sawir (2,943) may also be a first name.
Sawir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawir (Hindi: साविर, Oriya: ସୱିର) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawir? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 409,546th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,543,430 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sawir reside; 54 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 53 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sawir is also the 133,680th most widely held first name in the world, held by 2,943 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 442 people, or 1 in 299,206. In Indonesia Sawir is most prevalent in: West Sumatra, where 24 percent reside, South Sulawesi, where 17 percent reside and East Java, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 24 percent reside and Iraq, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawir in the Hindi language | ||
| साविर | savira | - |
| Sawir in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୱିର | sawira | - |
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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 Sawir
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