Sowai Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Sowai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 254 | 1:32,101 | 3,721 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Sowai (790) may also be a first name.
Sowai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sowai (Hindi: सोवाई) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Sowai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sowai is the 940,398th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Sowai live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 291,524th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 790 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 254 people, or 1 in 32,101. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: West Sepik, where 45 percent are found, Enga, where 19 percent are found and Western, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 6 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sowai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sowai in the Hindi language | ||
| सोवाई | sova'i | - |
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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
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- 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 Sowai
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