Souwel Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Souwel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Souwel (12) may also be a first name.
Souwel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souwel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souwel is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souwel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Souwel reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Souwel is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used forename internationally, held by 12 people.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon Souwel is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 95 percent are found and North Region, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 5 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 Souwel
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