Sowayi Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sowayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sowayi (5) may also be a first name.
Sowayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowayi occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sowayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowayi? popularity and diffusion
Sowayi is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Sowayi occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Sowayi are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sowayi is also the 5,493,085th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 5 people.
The last name Sowayi is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 10,335,602. In Benin it is most frequent in: Littoral Department, where 100 percent reside. Barring Benin this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 25 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 Sowayi
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