Sowamber Surname
Approximately 537 people bear this surname
Sowamber Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 498 | 1:2,597 | 439 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Sowamber Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowamber Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sowamber has its highest incidence in Mauritius. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowamber? popularity and diffusion
It is the 583,527th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,570,849 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Sowamber live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The surname Sowamber is most frequently occurring in Mauritius, where it is carried by 498 people, or 1 in 2,597. In Mauritius Sowamber is most frequent in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 39 percent live, Rivière du Rempart District, where 35 percent live and Pamplemousses District, where 16 percent live. Beside Mauritius it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sowamber
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