Sowate Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Sowate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 24 | 1:5,326,846 | 39,939 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Sowate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowate Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowate is found most in Japan. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowate? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Sowate occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Sowate are found; 89 percent are found in East Asia and 89 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
The last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 5,326,846. In Japan it is primarily found in: Nagano Prefecture, where 96 percent are found and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 4 percent are found. Not including Japan it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Sowate
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