Sowała Surname

478,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 697 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Sowała Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sowała Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland6961:54,6108,594
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sowała Last Name Facts

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

Sowała is most common in Poland. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sowała? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 478,963rd most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 10,455,590 people. The last name Sowała is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sowała are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is carried by 696 people, or 1 in 54,610. Apart from Poland Sowała occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Suwała833,327/
Sowala83206/
Sobała83135/
Sawała8325/
Jowała832/
Szuwała7743/
Sowalla778/
Showala778/
Szawała777/
Sowalat776/
Sowalay773/
Sowaali772/
Szewała772/
Sowalga770/
Sowailah7116/
Souwalla717/
Showalla714/
Suchwała714/
Souwaila714/
Sowaloha711/
Souwalai711/
Souwayla711/
Shoowala711/
Sobala673,874/
Sawala673,139/
Sabała67951/
Sowela67817/
Suwala67637/
Sowale67455/
Zuwała67272/
Sowali67215/
Zawała67179/
Sewala67155/
Sovala6734/
Sowola6724/
Soboła6714/
Sowalo6714/
Suwało677/
Jowala676/
Zowala674/
Seweła671/
Saweła671/
Cowala670/

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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 Sowała
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis