Sovela Surname
Approximately 485 people bear this surname
Sovela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 416 | 1:127,263 | 11,974 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Finland | 16 | 1:343,544 | 24,270 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sovela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sovela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sovela is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sovela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sovela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sovela is the 630,290th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 15,025,868 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Sovela live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 127,263. In Tanzania Sovela is primarily found in: Njombe Region, where 29 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 25 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 10 percent live and Finland, where 3 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 Sovela
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