Sewn Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Sewn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sewn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sewin89155/
Sewen89104/
Sewén8915/
Shewn892/
Sewyn891/
Soewn891/
Sewnk891/
Sewnt891/
Seawn890/
Seuwin80114/
Shewen8092/
Siewen8076/
Seuwen8066/
Siewin8032/
Sewaen8020/
Shewin8011/
Soewin809/
Saewen805/
Seewin804/
Shewne802/
Seawen801/
Schewn801/
Sheewn801/
Sjeewn801/
Sewind800/
Seewen800/
Sawn75898/
Sown7518/
Sevn754/
Gewn752/
Sebn751/
Sywn751/
Cewn751/
Saewoen7374/
Shehwen7327/
Schewin7313/
Schewen733/
Soe'win732/
Sheiwen732/
Siewien732/
Schewnk731/
Seeweng731/
Seaweng731/
Sehwinn731/
Shheewn731/
Shehwin731/
Shewind730/
Sheawin730/
Shawn6711,062/
Siben674,663/
Sawin674,594/
Shown673,584/
Seben671,205/
Syben67616/
Sebin67535/
Siven67503/
Gewin67351/
Zewin67338/
Sowin67167/
Zewen67105/
Siwin67104/
Siwen6785/
Gewen6721/
Säwén6717/
Shiwn6714/
Sebyn6711/
Jeewn6711/
Sowyn679/
Scheiwen679/
Jewen677/
Sevne676/
Jewin675/
Sawyn674/
Sebín674/
Sahwn674/
Syven674/
Schewing673/
Sevìn673/
Schewenk672/
Saawn672/
Chewn672/
Sehwindt672/
Jewne671/
Gewwn671/
Schewend671/
Schewent671/
Siswn671/
Sievn671/
Shiehwen671/
Sehwenck671/
Suywn671/
Setvn671/
Schewina671/
Schewinn671/
Säwen671/
Shehween671/
Shebn671/
Seeswing671/
Shywn671/
Zeewn671/
Sawnn670/
Schiewen670/

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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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