Sovereign Surname

328,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Sovereign Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sovereign Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5391:672,46653,587
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
Canada1241:297,14227,584
England221:2,532,63991,802
India61:127,844,230863,365
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
China31:455,773,85521,925
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1211:415,03030,604

Sovereign (83) may also be a first name.

Sovereign Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sovereign Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sovereign occurs most in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sovereign? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 328,117th most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 6,443,454 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Sovereign reside; 59 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,052,971st most frequent given name at a global level, held by 83 people.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 539 people, or 1 in 672,466. In The United States Sovereign is most prevalent in: Nebraska, where 14 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Michigan, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States Sovereign exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 37 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

Sovereign Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sovereign has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sovereign last name rose 445 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sovereign Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Sovereign earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 40.41% more than the national average, earning $60,586 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.05% more than the national average, earning $55,174 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sovereighn952/
Soverreign951/
Souvereign950/
Soverign9412/
Soveregn940/
Soveriegn898/
Severeign891/
Severign820/
Savarygin561/
Saberhagen5345/

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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 Sovereign
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