Sawwaf Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Sawwaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Sawwaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawwaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawwaf is held by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawwaf? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,070,546th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. Sawwaf occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Sawwaf reside; 88 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.
The last name is most commonly used in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 155,054. Excluding Saudi Arabia it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawwaf | 92 | 32 | / |
| Sawaf | 91 | 6,858 | / |
| Shawaf | 83 | 3,022 | / |
| Sawowa | 83 | 26 | / |
| Shawaaf | 77 | 2 | / |
| Jawaf | 73 | 19 | / |
| Savaf | 73 | 11 | / |
| Sawow | 73 | 9 | / |
| Sabaf | 73 | 6 | / |
| Sowaf | 73 | 2 | / |
| Zawaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sawaw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sawav | 73 | 0 | / |
| Saiwaw | 67 | 64 | / |
| Chawaf | 67 | 60 | / |
| Shabaf | 67 | 53 | / |
| Sawoff | 67 | 18 | / |
| Saywaw | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shawow | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sawavt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shavaf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sawaaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Showaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sawaub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sabaaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siawaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saywow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shawaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shawav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sawauw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sawasw | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sawwaf
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