Soowan Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Soowan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Soowan (35) may also be a first name.
Soowan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soowan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soowan has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Soowan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Soowan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Soowan reside; 67 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Soowan is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 35 people.
This last name is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia Soowan is primarily found in: Kedah, where 67 percent live and Perlis, where 33 percent live. Excluding Malaysia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 17 percent live and Thailand, where 17 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 Soowan
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