Sawmi Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sawmi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sawmi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India891:8,618,712176,377
Sweden251:393,87027,867
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Sawmi (189) may also be a first name.

Sawmi Last Name Facts

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

Sawmi (Bengali: সমী, Marathi: वामी) is most common in India. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawmi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,649,806th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Sawmi live; 74 percent live in South Asia and 74 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sawmi is also the 661,310th most frequently used given name internationally It is held by 189 people.

The surname Sawmi is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 8,618,712. In India Sawmi is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 64 percent live, Mizoram, where 11 percent live and Meghalaya, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account India it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sawmai912/
Shawmi911/
Sawmiea834/
Sawmy80529/
Sawma80497/
Sowmi80140/
Sawme8024/
Savmi8014/
Jawmi8010/
Zawmi802/
Sabmi801/
Sawmee7312/
Sawmay736/
Shawma734/
Showmi731/
Sabmai731/
Siewmui6730/
Sawhmey675/
Siewmoi671/
Shawmee671/
Shawmay671/
Siewmei671/
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Sawmi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sawmi in the Marathi language
वामीvami96.39
तामीtami2.41
सवमीsavami1.2
Sawmi in the Bengali language
সমীsami50
সমিsami50

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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 Sawmi
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