Sowby Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

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

Sowby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sowby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1141:3,179,464183,182
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:902,79138,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Sowby Last Name Facts

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

Sowby is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sowby? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,612,213th most frequent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. Sowby occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Sowby live; 92 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Sowby is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 3,179,464. In The United States it is primarily found in: Utah, where 42 percent are found, California, where 20 percent are found and Arizona, where 17 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 4 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Sowby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sowby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sowby last name increased 760 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sowby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sowby are 22.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.7% being registered to vote for the party.

Sowby earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.47% more than the national average, earning $49,824 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Souwby911/
Showboy8315/
Showbay831/
Sawby8038/
Sobby809/
Jowby804/
Sowba803/
Sobbhy7310/
Shobby738/
Chowby733/
Sobvey733/
Sowber732/
Sowbai732/
Sawboy731/
Sowbes731/
Souwba731/
Soobby731/
Showba731/
Shawby731/
Sawbey730/
Scawby730/
Chowbay673,718/
Chowbey671,271/
Showbeh671/
Shawbey671/
Shawbay671/
Showvey671/
Showbha671/
Chowboy671/
Schovby670/

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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 Sowby
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