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
Souwe is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Souwê. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Souwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Souwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Souwe are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Souwe is also the 1,637,361st most common first name in the world, borne by 39 people.
The surname Souwe is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon Souwe is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 81 percent are found, Centre Region, where 8 percent are found and North Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 11 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 Souwe
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