Sewn Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Sewn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Sewn (15) may also be a first name.
Sewn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sewn Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sewn is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sewn? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Sewn is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Sewn reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 15 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Sewn is most frequent in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 17 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 17 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sewn
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