Solewa Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Solewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Solewa (11) may also be a first name.
Solewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Solewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Solewa is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Solewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Solewa is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Solewa reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Solewa is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used given name internationally It is held by 11 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Solewa is mostly found in: Ogun, where 100 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Sweden, where 20 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 Solewa
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