Sawmill Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sawmill Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sawmill Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Sawmill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sawmill is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawmill? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sawmill live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name is most common in Malaysia, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 2,681,293. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 73 percent live, Sabah, where 18 percent live and Penang, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Sawmell861/
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Shewmill801/
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Sawmel771/
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Shahwml711/
Savml671/
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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 Sawmill
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