Sorgwe Surname

741,235th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 389 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sorgwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sorgwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3831:462,51423,465
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080

Sorgwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sorgwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sorgwe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sorgwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 741,235th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 18,734,051 people. The last name Sorgwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sorgwe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 383 people, or 1 in 462,514. In Nigeria Sorgwe is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 88 percent reside, Rivers, where 5 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Sorgwe Last Name Statistics demography

Sorgwe earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 54.02% more than the national average, earning $66,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sorgue83138/
Sorgwa831/
Sorguey774/
Sourgue772/
Djourgwe711/
Corgue67149/
Zorgbe6792/
Sargbe6783/
Surgue6713/
Sargue679/
Jorgue678/
Sorgui672/
Sorque671/
Sargwa671/

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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
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  • 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 Sorgwe
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