Sowah Surname
Approximately 36,759 people bear this surname
Sowah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 34,913 | 1:774 | 119 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| United States | 350 | 1:1,035,597 | 75,973 |
| Liberia | 349 | 1:12,632 | 1,352 |
| England | 249 | 1:223,767 | 18,807 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Sowah (1,375) may also be a first name.
Sowah Demographics
Average Sowah Salary in
United States
$47,727 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sowah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sowah is found in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Sowah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowah? popularity and diffusion
Sowah is the 15,151st most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 198,252 people. The surname Sowah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sowah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 211,204th most widespread given name on earth, held by 1,375 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 34,913 people, or 1 in 774. Not including Ghana this surname occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Sowah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sowah last name are 41.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sowah earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.61% more than the national average, earning $47,727 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.16% more than the national average, earning $60,195 CAD per year.
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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 Sowah
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