Soaw Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Soaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Soaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soaw is held by more people in Senegal than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Soaw? popularity and diffusion
The last name Soaw is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Soaw reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Senegal, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 7,289,671. In Senegal Soaw is primarily concentrated in: Matam Region, where 50 percent live and Tambacounda Region, where 50 percent live. Other than Senegal it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 33 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sohaw | 89 | 3 | / |
| Soawe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Shoaw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Souawe | 80 | 74 | / |
| Soaf | 75 | 516 | / |
| Saow | 75 | 187 | / |
| Soab | 75 | 122 | / |
| Soav | 75 | 5 | / |
| Coaw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Xoaw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shoaf | 67 | 4,536 | / |
| Soaib | 67 | 2,542 | / |
| Souab | 67 | 2,204 | / |
| Shoab | 67 | 1,718 | / |
| Souaf | 67 | 1,378 | / |
| Saeow | 67 | 144 | / |
| Soaiv | 67 | 138 | / |
| Sojow | 67 | 53 | / |
| Sahow | 67 | 49 | / |
| Sohav | 67 | 29 | / |
| Soyow | 67 | 27 | / |
| Soaft | 67 | 26 | / |
| Shaow | 67 | 25 | / |
| Saowa | 67 | 25 | / |
| Djoaw | 67 | 12 | / |
| Saeaw | 67 | 7 | / |
| Shoav | 67 | 6 | / |
| Saauw | 67 | 6 | / |
| Saova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Soafe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Soeav | 67 | 3 | / |
| Soaif | 67 | 3 | / |
| Saowe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sohow | 67 | 2 | / |
| Scoaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hsoab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Joawf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sohaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zouaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siaow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sooab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Choaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soaub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soaff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soaab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scaow | 67 | 0 | / |
| Soaph | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Soaw
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