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
Souwa occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Souwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Souwa is the 1,828,462nd most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname Souwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Souwa are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 512,632nd most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 296 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 210,931. In Benin Souwa is most prevalent in: Borgou Department, where 63 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 33 percent live and Donga Department, where 4 percent live. Not including Benin it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 29 percent live and Niger, where 11 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 Souwa
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