Sehwag Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Iceland

Sehwag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sehwag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1581:4,854,844122,998
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sehwag Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sehwag (Hindi: सहवाग, Marathi: सेहवाग) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sehwag? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,353,468th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The surname Sehwag is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sehwag live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most common in India, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 4,854,844. In India it is most prevalent in: Delhi, where 44 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 9 percent live and Haryana, where 8 percent live. Not including India Sehwag exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent live and Georgia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sewag91185/
Shawag8339/
Shiwag8316/
Sahwag8311/
Sewajg831/
Showag831/
Shewag831/
Schawag7743/
Sehweig772/
Sehwake771/
Shehvag771/
Sebahag771/
Schiwag771/
Sebag734,219/
Sewak733,058/
Sevag73116/
Siwag7395/
Sawag7342/
Sowag7316/
Gewag731/
Sebagh671,081/
Siewak67237/
Shawak67143/
Shewak67103/
Shiwak6792/
Sewake6753/
Sewack6745/
Shibag6727/
Shovag6717/
Sahvag6711/
Seewak678/
Showak677/
Sowaag676/
Shevag675/
Shivag675/
Sibhag672/
Sevagh671/
Chewag671/
Sawagh671/
Seawak671/
Shavag671/
Shawaq671/
Sawaig671/
Sebaag671/
Seivag671/
Chiwag671/
Sebaug670/

Sehwag Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sehwag in the Hindi language
सहवागsahavaga-
Sehwag in the Marathi language
सेहवागsehavaga-

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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 Sehwag
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