Sew Surname

129,054th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,508 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Sew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1,8431:16,0031,581
Mauritius2711:4,773960
South Africa1891:286,65527,999
Singapore1411:39,0621,450
India1311:5,855,461138,626
United States1301:2,788,146165,890
New Zealand1221:37,1176,329
Hong Kong1121:65,4951,203
Canada831:443,92338,562
Philippines731:1,386,825100,991
United Arab Emirates681:134,73911,022
Suriname511:10,8362,716
England491:1,137,10353,999
Netherlands301:562,90650,501
Australia271:999,84158,390
Thailand271:2,616,235275,741
Ethiopia251:3,901,85010,182
Guyana201:38,1113,813
Mauritania191:215,51910,553
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
China31:455,773,85521,925
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
France21:33,211,361423,184
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Sew (16,634) may also be a first name.

Sew Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sew (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮ, Oriya: େସୱ) is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sew? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sew is the 129,054th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,077,408 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Sew reside; 59 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 53 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 43,196th most common first name globally, held by 16,634 people.

The surname Sew is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 1,843 people, or 1 in 16,003. In Malaysia Sew is most common in: Selangor, where 32 percent live, Johor, where 21 percent live and Perak, where 9 percent live. Beside Malaysia Sew occurs in 49 countries. It is also found in Mauritius, where 8 percent live and South Africa, where 5 percent live.

Sew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sew has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sew last name expanded 591 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 2,450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sew Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sew surname are 15.52% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 68.75% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sew earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 96.76% more than the national average, earning R 467,568 per year; in United States they earn 9.92% less than the national average, earning $38,867 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.6% more than the national average, earning $54,452 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Siew8617,169/
Shew864,043/
Sewe863,384/
Seaw86109/
Seew8672/
Szew8630/
Seuw8612/
Seiw864/
Sevw861/
Seww861/
Siewe756,703/
Szews75507/
Shiew75220/
Szewe75109/
Sseew7577/
Hseew7564/
Schew7557/
Seewe7525/
Sheew7519/
Seiwe7516/
Shewe7513/
Jseew756/
Sheaw752/
Seejw752/
Hsiew752/
Ssewe751/
Sheiw751/
Shews751/
Seisw751/
Sewhe751/
Sewsz751/
Sjiew751/
Seehw751/
Szewz751/
Seawe751/
Sheuw750/
Scews750/
Sev675,708/
Sef673,000/
Seb672,307/
Jew672,171/
Siw67140/
Gew6781/
Scheew6758/
Zew6751/
Shewhe6733/
Cew6730/
Säw6721/
Syw6720/
Sheejw6718/
Saheew678/
Xew677/
Schiew677/
Seeeew676/
Hsheew675/
Sheeww672/
Szewch672/
Shewsh672/
Schews672/
Sewova671/
Scheuw671/
Shewch671/
Sheywe671/
Sheiwe671/
Sheehw671/
Shehew670/
Schewp670/

Sew Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sew in the Oriya language
େସୱesawa-
Sew in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺻﻮsw91.67
ﺻﻮﻩswh8.33

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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
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  • 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 Sew
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