Sawmy Surname

590,101st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 529 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Sawmy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sawmy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius4741:2,729462
France201:3,321,136213,627
India141:54,790,384527,769
England81:6,964,757184,742
Wales51:618,90625,852
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Sawmy (20) may also be a first name.

Sawmy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sawmy is found in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawmy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 590,101st most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,776,079 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Sawmy live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 20 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Mauritius, where it is borne by 474 people, or 1 in 2,729. In Mauritius it is most numerous in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 36 percent reside, Savanne District, where 31 percent reside and Pamplemousses District, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Mauritius this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.

Sawmy Last Name Statistics demography

Sawmy earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.98% less than the national average, earning $38,844 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sawmay916/
Sawhmey835/
Shawmay831/
Sawma80497/
Sawmi80121/
Sowmy8029/
Sawme8024/
Sawmee7312/
Shawma734/
Showmy732/
Sawmai732/
Shawmi731/
Sowmmy731/
Sawmiea674/
Siewmoy671/
Shawmee671/
Showmay670/

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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
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  • 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 Sawmy
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