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 has its highest incidence in The Gambia. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 15,867th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 207,404 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sowe are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 560,146th most frequently used given name globally, held by 253 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The Gambia, where it is held by 27,788 people, or 1 in 69. Other than The Gambia this surname occurs in 47 countries. It is also found in Sierra Leone, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Sowe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sowe has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name 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 last name are 17.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 70.59% 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sowe
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