Sonwe Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Sonwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Sonwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonwe is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sonwe are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 716,175. In Cameroon Sonwe is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 55 percent live, Littoral Region, where 38 percent live and Far North Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 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 Sonwe
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