Sogwa Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Sogwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Sogwa (22) may also be a first name.
Sogwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sogwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sogwa is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sogwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name Sogwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Sogwa live; 48 percent live in Central Africa and 45 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sogwa is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 22 people.
The surname Sogwa is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon Sogwa is most common in: West Region, where 75 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 8 percent live and Centre Region, where 8 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 32 percent live and Indonesia, where 16 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 Sogwa
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