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    The surname Sawant

    A Marathi surname, carried by 605 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S530

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sawant is more common than 77.3% of them.

    Origin

    Marathi origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 605 people named Sawant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 510,323 Americans. That is up 206% since 2000, when the Census counted 198.

    #36,900
    rank among US surnames
    605
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +205.6%
    change since 2000 (was #87,348)

    Who is named Sawant

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Sawant identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Sawants

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kshama Sawant
      American politician and economist, born 1973
    • Prajakta Sawant
      Badminton player, born 1992

    Notable Sawants come mostly from the United States (1) and India (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sawant

    Sawant has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sawant come from?
    Borrowed from Marathi सावंत (sāvanta). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.
    How common is the surname Sawant?
    605 people in the United States had the surname Sawant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 510,323 Americans. It ranked 36,900th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sawant?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sawant identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sawant?
    Kshama Sawant, American politician and economist, followed by Prajakta Sawant.
    Where is the surname Sawant most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sawant in the United States and India.
    Is the surname Sawant getting more or less common?
    More common. 198 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 605 in 2010, up 206%.