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 surname Sawir (Hindi: साविर, Oriya: ସୱିର) occurs most in Indonesia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawir? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 409,546th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 8,543,430 people. The surname Sawir is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sawir are found; 54 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 53 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 133,680th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 2,943 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 442 people, or 1 in 299,206. In Indonesia Sawir is primarily concentrated in: West Sumatra, where 24 percent are found, South Sulawesi, where 17 percent are found and East Java, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia Sawir occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 24 percent are found and Iraq, where 12 percent are found.
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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