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 occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Souwê. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 39 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon Souwe is most common in: Far North Region, where 81 percent reside, Centre Region, where 8 percent reside and North Region, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon Souwe is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 11 percent reside and Niger, where 11 percent reside.
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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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