Sowaya Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Sowaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sowaya (12) may also be a first name.
Sowaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sowaya is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sowaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Sowaya is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Sowaya are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most common first name worldwide It is held by 12 people.
The last name Sowaya is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,543,824. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Bulawayo Province, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 8 percent are found and South Africa, where 8 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 Sowaya
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