Sawiya Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Sawiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 248 | 1:284,832 | 49,012 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Sawiya (2,941) may also be a first name.
Sawiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sawiya (Oriya: ସାୟଁା) occurs in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sawiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sawiya is the 730,373rd most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. The last name Sawiya is primarily found in Asia, where 71 percent of Sawiya live; 69 percent live in Southeast Asia and 62 percent live in Tai-Asia. Sawiya is also the 133,744th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 2,941 people.
Sawiya is most frequent in Thailand, where it is borne by 248 people, or 1 in 284,832. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Loei Province, where 98 percent are found and Surat Thani Province, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Thailand Sawiya is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାୟଁା | sayama | - |
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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
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- 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 Sawiya
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