Sawqy Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Sawqy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sawqy 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
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220

Sawqy Last Name Facts

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

Sawqy occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawqy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sawqy is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Sawqy is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Sawqy live; 57 percent live in North Africa and 57 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

Sawqy is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Outside of Egypt this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 43 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
Shawqy911,574/
Sawky80276/
Sawqi807/
Shawky73156,222/
Shawqi733,673/
Sawkey7326/
Shawqe735/
Sahwky732/
Sawkiy732/
Showqy731/
Shawkey674,988/
Shawkyi674/
Shawqie671/
Shawqui671/
Schawky671/
Shawcoy671/
Sgawkey671/
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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 Sawqy
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