Sowang Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Sowang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Sowang (38) may also be a first name.
Sowang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowang is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 61 percent of Sowang reside; 61 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 49 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,662,754th most widespread given name at a global level. It is borne by 38 people.
This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Morobe, where 81 percent reside, East Sepik, where 5 percent reside and Madang, where 5 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent reside and Malaysia, where 22 percent reside.
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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 Sowang
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