Sawiyah Surname
Approximately 1,250 people bear this surname
Sawiyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,245 | 1:106,224 | 10,881 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Sawiyah (17,027) may also be a first name.
Sawiyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawiyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawiyah occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawiyah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sawiyah is the 303,386th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 5,830,037 people. Sawiyah is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sawiyah live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 42,488th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 17,027 people.
The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,245 people, or 1 in 106,224. In Indonesia Sawiyah is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 31 percent are found, Banten, where 17 percent are found and Jakarta, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia Sawiyah exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 0 percent are found and Pakistan, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Sawiyah
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