Sowal Surname
Approximately 206 people bear this surname
Sowal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 155 | 1:52,605 | 6,626 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sowal (149) may also be a first name.
Sowal Demographics
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Sowal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowal (Hindi: सॉवल, Marathi: सोवल) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowal? popularity and diffusion
Sowal is the 1,159,732nd most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 35,376,436 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Sowal reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 754,880th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 149 people.
The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 52,605. In Papua New Guinea Sowal is most frequent in: Southern Highlands, where 86 percent are found, Hela, where 11 percent are found and Enga, where 3 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Sowal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sowal has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 3,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sowal Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sowal surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
Sowal earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.46% less than the national average, earning $30,007 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sowal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sowal in the Marathi language | ||
| सोवल | sovala | 66.67 |
| सोवाल | sovala | 33.33 |
| Sowal in the Hindi language | ||
| सॉवल | sovala | 50 |
| शोवाल | sovala | 50 |
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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 Sowal
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