Sowaki Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Sowaki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sowaki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowaki Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowaki is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowaki? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sowaki is the 5,213,395th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 43 percent of Sowaki reside; 43 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 43 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
It is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Sowaki is primarily concentrated in: Enga, where 50 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 50 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 29 percent are found and Japan, where 21 percent are found.
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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 Sowaki
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