Sowalo Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sowalo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sowalo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Sowalo (13) may also be a first name.

Sowalo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sowalo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sowalo occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sowalo.

How Common Is The Last Name Sowalo? popularity and diffusion

Sowalo is the 5,213,395th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Sowalo is predominantly found in Oceania, where 93 percent of Sowalo live; 93 percent live in Oceania Islands and 93 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Sowalo is also the 3,159,357th most widespread given name at a global level It is held by 13 people.

The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Enga, where 69 percent reside and East Sepik, where 31 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sowaloha861/
Sowala83206/
Sowelo8359/
Suwalo8320/
Sowolo8318/
Sobalo8314/
Sovalo836/
Sawalo835/
Zowalo832/
Cowalo831/
Sovailo7771/
Sawalou7715/
Sowalla778/
Showala778/
Shawalo777/
Sowalat776/
Sovaylo774/
Sobalou773/
Jowaloo772/
Sowello772/
Sawalgo771/
Suwailo771/
Soubalo771/
Souwolo771/
Sowalga770/
Sowailah7116/
Souwalla717/
Sawaloch716/
Souwaila714/
Showalla714/
Shoowala711/
Sawalous711/
Souwayla711/
Sabalo6711,134/
Sobala673,874/
Sawala673,139/
Sevolo671,579/
Sowela67817/
Sowała67697/
Suwala67637/
Sabolo67530/
Savelo67379/
Sewelo67303/
Sobolo67176/
Sewala67155/
Sewolo67137/
Cawalo67102/
Suwolo6789/
Suvalo6784/
Sovelo6772/
Sawolo6767/
Sovala6734/
Subolo6726/
Zowolo6726/
Sowola6724/
Savalo6724/
Covalo6715/
Sawelo6714/
Suwało677/
Sevalo677/
Sawalloch676/
Jowala676/
Jawalo675/
Suchwallo675/
Zowala674/
Zawalo673/
Subalo672/
Sábalo671/
Savolo671/
Jowolo671/
Cowala670/

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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 Sowalo
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