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 surname Sowah is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowah? popularity and diffusion
Sowah is the 15,151st most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 198,252 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sowah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 211,204th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 1,375 people.
The surname Sowah is most widespread in Ghana, where it is borne by 34,913 people, or 1 in 774. Besides Ghana this surname occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Sowah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sowah are 41.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95% 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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