Sorowe Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Sorowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Sorowe (15) may also be a first name.
Sorowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sorowe is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Sorowe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorowe? popularity and diffusion
Sorowe is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Sorowe occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Sorowe live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 100 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Sorowe is also the 2,900,335th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 15 people.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 254,804. In Papua New Guinea Sorowe is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 63 percent are found, East New Britain, where 16 percent are found and Morobe, where 13 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Sorowe
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