Sowe Surname
Approximately 35,137 people bear this surname
Sowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 27,788 | 1:69 | 19 |
| Sierra Leone | 5,838 | 1:1,214 | 227 |
| Indonesia | 260 | 1:508,651 | 41,493 |
| Spain | 243 | 1:192,395 | 13,326 |
| England | 227 | 1:245,454 | 19,989 |
| United States | 213 | 1:1,701,685 | 112,840 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Sweden | 85 | 1:115,844 | 8,286 |
| Cameroon | 77 | 1:269,728 | 25,950 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| Philippines | 36 | 1:2,812,173 | 137,318 |
| Norway | 17 | 1:302,487 | 30,120 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Sowe (253) may also be a first name.
Sowe Demographics
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Sowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowe has its highest incidence in The Gambia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 15,867th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 207,404 people. The last name Sowe occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sowe live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Sowe is also the 560,146th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 253 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The Gambia, where it is carried by 27,788 people, or 1 in 69. Barring The Gambia Sowe occurs in 47 countries. It also occurs in Sierra Leone, where 17 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Sowe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sowe has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Sowe last name grew 2,838 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 1,121 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sowe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sowe are 17.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 70.59% being registered with the political party.
The amount Sowe earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 13.75% less than the national average, earning 298,510 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.09% less than the national average, earning $39,228 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.5% more than the national average, earning $56,885 CAD per year.
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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
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