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
The surname Sohwe is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,909,720th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sohwe live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 22 people.
The last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 359,029. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 58 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 21 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also common 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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