Where Does The Last Name Sowang Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Sowang is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sowang? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 2,506,728^th most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 61 percent of Sowang reside; 61 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 49 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sowang is also the 1,662,754^th most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 38 people.

This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Morobe, where 81 percent reside, East Sepik, where 5 percent reside and Madang, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent reside and Malaysia, where 22 percent reside.