# Sawant (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sawant/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Marathi.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Marathi |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 605 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,900 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 510,323 people |
| Change since 2000 | +206% (198 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi सावंत (sāvanta). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sawant in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 94% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sawant in the United States and India.

## People named Sawant

- Kshama Sawant, American politician and economist
- Prajakta Sawant, badminton player

## Similar surnames

Swint, Santo, Santa, Santee, Saint, Santi, Sant, Smith, Schmidt, Schmitt, Sneed, Schmid.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.