Sawm Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Sawm Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Sawm (41) may also be a first name.
Sawm Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawm Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawm is found most frequently in India. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawm? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,808,717th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. Sawm is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Sawm reside; 79 percent reside in South Asia and 79 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Sawm is also the 1,590,275th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 41 people.
The surname Sawm is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 20,185,931. In India Sawm is primarily found in: Manipur, where 95 percent reside, Bihar, where 3 percent reside and Delhi, where 3 percent reside. Beside India it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Thailand, where 6 percent reside.
Sawm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sawm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sawm last name decreased 58 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Sawm
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