Sawmya Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Sawmya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sawmya 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
India161:47,941,586492,263
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sawmya (198) may also be a first name.

Sawmya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sawmya (Hindi: सौम्या) occurs most in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawmya? popularity and diffusion

Sawmya is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Sawmya are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 89 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sawmya is also the 644,447th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 198 people.

Sawmya is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 47,941,586. In India it is most numerous in: Telangana, where 75 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 6 percent live and Delhi, where 6 percent live. Aside from India this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 5 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 5 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
Sowmya831,585/
Sawmia831/
Sawmiea774/
Showmya771/
Sabmaiya711/
Sowmia6712/
Sowmyo673/
Sovmya671/
Zawmyo671/
Sowmmiah571/
Cawmeo500/
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Sawmya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sawmya in the Hindi language
सौम्याsaumya-

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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 Sawmya
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