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
Average Sowe Salary in
United States
$39,228 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sowe occurs more in The Gambia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sowe.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 15,867th most commonly held family name globally. It is 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 frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 253 people.
The surname is most frequent in The Gambia, where it is carried by 27,788 people, or 1 in 69. Besides The Gambia Sowe exists in 47 countries. It is also found in Sierra Leone, where 17 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
Sowe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sowe has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Sowe surname increased 2,838 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 1,121 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sowe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sowe surname are 17.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70.59% registered to vote for the 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sowe
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