Souwa Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Souwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 49 | 1:210,931 | 19,709 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Souwa (296) may also be a first name.
Souwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souwa is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Souwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,828,462nd most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Souwa reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 512,632nd most commonly held forename on earth, held by 296 people.
The surname Souwa is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 210,931. In Benin it is primarily found in: Borgou Department, where 63 percent are found, Kouffo Department, where 33 percent are found and Donga Department, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin Souwa occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 29 percent are found and Niger, where 11 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 Souwa
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