Sonwo Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Sonwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sonwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonwo is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Sonwo are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Sonwo is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 70 percent reside and Lagos, where 30 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 15 percent reside and Cameroon, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonwou | 91 | 2 | / |
| Sonwop | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sounwoo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Shonwuo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sonwa | 80 | 1,739 | / |
| Sanwo | 80 | 1,322 | / |
| Sonvo | 80 | 98 | / |
| Sonbo | 80 | 26 | / |
| Sonuo | 80 | 18 | / |
| Jonwo | 80 | 6 | / |
| Somwo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sunwoo | 73 | 481 | / |
| Shonvo | 73 | 96 | / |
| Sonwad | 73 | 10 | / |
| Sonwah | 73 | 9 | / |
| Sanwou | 73 | 6 | / |
| Sonboi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Shonwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sonboy | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sounwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sanwoo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Shonbo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Soonbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sonbou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sonwua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sounbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sanwoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sanwoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Djonwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sonnbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sonhwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sanhwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Conwoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sotinwa | 67 | 264 | / |
| Shonhwa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Shonwua | 67 | 9 | / |
| Djonwou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sonuoha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Seunwou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Soonhwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Somwoot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Conwooy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonbhoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonwahe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shunwoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sunnwoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sounuho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonnboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonouho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sottenwood | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soinbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shanwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sounbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chonwot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shonvoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sionwaz | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sonwo
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