Sawra Surname
Approximately 9,693 people bear this surname
Sawra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9,677 | 1:79,267 | 5,357 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sawra (248) may also be a first name.
Sawra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawra (Bengali: সাওরা, Hindi: सावरा) is found most frequently in India. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawra? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 52,740th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 751,836 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sawra reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 566,287th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 248 people.
The surname Sawra is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 9,677 people, or 1 in 79,267. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Assam, where 98 percent live, West Bengal, where 1 percent live and Arunachal Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Besides India this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 0 percent live and Ethiopia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawra in the Hindi language | ||
| सावरा | savara | 75 |
| साबरा | sabara | 25 |
| Sawra in the Bengali language | ||
| সাওরা | sa'ora | 50 |
| সওড়া | sa'ora | 50 |
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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 Sawra
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