Sohwe Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Sohwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 43 | 1:359,029 | 33,752 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Sohwe (22) may also be a first name.
Sohwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sohwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sohwe occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,909,720th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Sohwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sohwe are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 22 people.
The surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 359,029. In Zimbabwe Sohwe is primarily found in: Harare Province, where 58 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 21 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe Sohwe exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Sohwe
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