Souware Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Souware Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 179 | 1:81,449 | 973 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Souware (23) may also be a first name.
Souware Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souware Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souware (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﺍﺭﻯ) occurs in Senegal more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Souware.
How Common Is The Last Name Souware? popularity and diffusion
The surname Souware is the 1,198,640th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Souware reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 23 people.
The surname Souware is most widely held in Senegal, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 81,449. In Senegal it is most frequent in: Dakar Region, where 27 percent reside, Thiès Region, where 21 percent reside and Diourbel Region, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Senegal it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 9 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souware Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souware in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﺍﺭﻯ | swary | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Souware
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis