Sowby Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Sowby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 114 | 1:3,179,464 | 183,182 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:902,791 | 38,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Sowby Demographics
Average Sowby Salary in
United States
$49,824 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sowby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowby Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sowby has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowby? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sowby is the 1,612,213th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Sowby live; 92 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 3,179,464. In The United States it is most frequent in: Utah, where 42 percent live, California, where 20 percent live and Arizona, where 17 percent live. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Sowby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sowby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sowby last name expanded 760 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sowby Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sowby surname are 22.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Souwby | 91 | 1 | / |
| Showboy | 83 | 15 | / |
| Showbay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sawby | 80 | 38 | / |
| Sobby | 80 | 9 | / |
| Jowby | 80 | 4 | / |
| Sowba | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sobbhy | 73 | 10 | / |
| Shobby | 73 | 8 | / |
| Chowby | 73 | 3 | / |
| Sobvey | 73 | 3 | / |
| Sowber | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sowbai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sawboy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sowbes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Souwba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Soobby | 73 | 1 | / |
| Showba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shawby | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sawbey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Scawby | 73 | 0 | / |
| Chowbay | 67 | 3,718 | / |
| Chowbey | 67 | 1,271 | / |
| Showbeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shawbey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shawbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Showvey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Showbha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chowboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schovby | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sowby
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