Sawyers Surname

57,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Sawyers Surname Definition:

A location name in Essex.

Sawyers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,8081:62,4077,316
Jamaica1,0321:2,781431
England9011:61,8407,288
Canada2491:147,97415,147
Australia2431:111,09312,380
New Zealand1231:36,8166,282
Scotland991:54,0794,572
South Africa811:668,86148,796
Costa Rica791:60,5071,285
Northern Ireland431:42,9083,866
Wales351:88,4157,250
Panama101:391,2268,067
India81:95,883,173728,828
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
France21:33,211,361423,184
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Guyana11:762,22114,420
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland301:147,6628,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3541:68,8577,772
Scotland471:79,6434,400
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4721:34,1164,083

Sawyers (21) may also be a first name.

Sawyers Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A location name in Essex.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Sawyers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sawyers occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sawyers click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawyers? popularity and diffusion

Sawyers is the 57,903rd most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 833,815 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Sawyers live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 21 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 5,808 people, or 1 in 62,407. In The United States Sawyers is most frequent in: Tennessee, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and Kentucky, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 32 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 12 percent are found and England, where 10 percent are found.

Sawyers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sawyers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sawyers last name expanded 395 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 255 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 211 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sawyers Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Sawyers surname is primarily Presbyterian (47%) in Ireland.

In The United States Sawyers are 6.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.29% being registered with the party.

The amount Sawyers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.03% less than the national average, earning R 118,740 per year; in United States they earn 9.39% less than the national average, earning $39,097 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.84% more than the national average, earning $52,088 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saweyers931/
Shawyers931/
Sowyers8621/
Sawiers8615/
Sewyers862/
Cawyers861/
Sawgers860/
Saviers71192/
Sabiers7165/
Cowyers711/
Shaviers6719/
Xaviers5740/
Seviers575/
Soviers572/
Zaviers572/
Sobiers571/
Javiers571/
Chaviers53206/
Sieviers532/
Souviers531/

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Sawyers Reference & Research

Sawyer DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Sawyer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sawyers
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