Sowak Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Sowak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Sowak (22) may also be a first name.
Sowak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sowak occurs most in Austria. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Sowak click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowak? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sowak is the 3,274,477th most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Sowak live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe. Sowak is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 22 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 655,033. In Austria Sowak is most frequent in: Carinthia, where 85 percent are found, Lower Austria, where 8 percent are found and Styria, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Austria this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 25 percent are found and Belarus, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sowake | 91 | 15 | / |
| Showak | 91 | 7 | / |
| Souwak | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sowask | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sowacke | 83 | 19 | / |
| Sowaske | 83 | 7 | / |
| Showack | 83 | 6 | / |
| Showakh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sewak | 80 | 3,058 | / |
| Sawak | 80 | 408 | / |
| Sovak | 80 | 306 | / |
| Suwak | 80 | 144 | / |
| Jowak | 80 | 135 | / |
| Cowak | 80 | 63 | / |
| Zowak | 80 | 28 | / |
| Sowok | 80 | 16 | / |
| Sowag | 80 | 16 | / |
| Shovak | 73 | 375 | / |
| Siewak | 73 | 237 | / |
| Soyuak | 73 | 185 | / |
| Sawake | 73 | 147 | / |
| Shawak | 73 | 143 | / |
| Shewak | 73 | 103 | / |
| Soback | 73 | 85 | / |
| Szobak | 73 | 69 | / |
| Sewack | 73 | 45 | / |
| Zsovak | 73 | 16 | / |
| Siouak | 73 | 16 | / |
| Zowack | 73 | 14 | / |
| Szovak | 73 | 12 | / |
| Sjawak | 73 | 11 | / |
| Seewak | 73 | 8 | / |
| Jowack | 73 | 7 | / |
| Suwake | 73 | 7 | / |
| Soybak | 73 | 6 | / |
| Sowaag | 73 | 6 | / |
| Soivak | 73 | 4 | / |
| Siawak | 73 | 3 | / |
| Joswak | 73 | 3 | / |
| Sawhak | 73 | 3 | / |
| Soswok | 73 | 2 | / |
| Suwauk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Showag | 73 | 1 | / |
| Souwag | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cowack | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sawaik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sawask | 73 | 1 | / |
| Siovak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sovake | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shuwak | 73 | 0 | / |
| Shoubak | 67 | 134 | / |
| Showouk | 67 | 122 | / |
| Shoback | 67 | 89 | / |
| Shobakh | 67 | 58 | / |
| Zhowake | 67 | 48 | / |
| Suwaikh | 67 | 38 | / |
| Shewack | 67 | 32 | / |
| Scovack | 67 | 19 | / |
| Sawaske | 67 | 15 | / |
| Shawakh | 67 | 15 | / |
| Schobak | 67 | 14 | / |
| Sawacke | 67 | 9 | / |
| Seewack | 67 | 9 | / |
| Schuwak | 67 | 7 | / |
| Djowake | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chouwak | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sawaike | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sjoback | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shawake | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sawazke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shovakh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sachwak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chowack | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chowake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soibhak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siewaak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szuwaks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sowaygh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shewakh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sowhock | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sowak
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