Sowarby Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sowarby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sowarby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:6,970,364322,914
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Sowarby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sowarby occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sowarby click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sowarby? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sowarby is the 2,689,253rd most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Sowarby occurs mostly in The Americas, where 37 percent of Sowarby live; 37 percent live in North America and 37 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 6,970,364. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 17 percent are found, Connecticut, where 8 percent are found and New York, where 8 percent are found.

Sowarby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sowarby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sowarby surname grew 347 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sowarby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sowarby last name are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.33% being registered to vote for the party.

Sowarby earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.87% less than the national average, earning $30,690 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sowarbey934/
Sowerby865,621/
Soworby860/
Shawarby80960/
Sowerbuy801/
Sawarbi7110/
Sawerby716/
Suwarba715/
Saverby711/
Shawarbeh633/
Sewerbe571/
Sabarbe571/
Souverbie50122/
Sawourbai501/
Sabairuey501/

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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 Sowarby
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