Souwe Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Souwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
The alternate forms: Souwê (1) are calculated separately.
Souwe (39) may also be a first name.
Souwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Souwe is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Souwê. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Souwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,843,861st most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Souwe live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most prevalent given name at a global level, borne by 39 people.
Souwe is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 81 percent live, Centre Region, where 8 percent live and North Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 11 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 Souwe
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