Sawjal Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Sawjal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sawjal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India211:36,526,923420,161
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537

Sawjal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sawjal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sawjal (Hindi: शवजाल, Oriya: ସାୟଜଲ) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawjal? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sawjal is the 3,602,217th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. Sawjal is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sawjal live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 36,526,923. In India Sawjal is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 81 percent live and Odisha, where 19 percent live. Excluding India it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 30 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jawjal83164/
Sabjal8315/
Sowjal836/
Safjal835/
Zawjal834/
Sawsal833/
Sawial831/
Sawjalowa801/
Jawjalh772/
Savijal771/
Sabjail771/
Showjal771/
Jawjale771/
Shafjal771/
Shabjal771/
Jawejal771/
Sabaijal711/
Jawejale711/
Sabzal672,095/
Javjal67862/
Savsal6757/
Safsal6720/
Savial6719/
Sabial6715/
Saveal6713/
Sabyal676/
Safzal672/

Sawjal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sawjal in the Hindi language
शवजालsavajala-
Sawjal in the Oriya language
ସାୟଜଲsayajala-

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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 Sawjal
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