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Where Does The Last Name Sovu Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Sovu (Hindi: सोवू, Marathi: सोवू, Russian: Сову) is most common in South Africa. It can also appear as a variant: Şovu. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sovu? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 1,658,108^th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. Sovu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Sovu reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,525,482^nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 44 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 902,962. In South Africa Sovu is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 85 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live and Northern Cape, where 2 percent live. Aside from South Africa this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 23 percent live and Fiji, where 8 percent live.

Sovu Last Name Statistics ^demography

Sovu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.61% less than the national average, earning R 76,980 per year.