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 last name Sawiya (Oriya: ସାୟଁା) is borne by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sawiya is the 730,373rd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Sawiya reside; 69 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 62 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 133,744th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 2,941 people.
The last name Sawiya is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is carried by 248 people, or 1 in 284,832. In Thailand Sawiya is primarily concentrated in: Loei Province, where 98 percent reside and Surat Thani Province, where 2 percent reside. Besides Thailand this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside.
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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