Sowed Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
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Sowed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sowed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Sowed (613) may also be a first name.

Sowed Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sowed is found most frequently in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sowed? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,206,983rd most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Sowed is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of Sowed live; 45 percent live in East Africa and 45 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sowed is also the 337,379th most widespread first name globally, held by 613 people.

This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 3,903,928. In Uganda Sowed is mostly concentrated in: Kampala District, where 40 percent live, Buikwe District, where 10 percent live and Hoima District, where 10 percent live. Besides Uganda this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 27 percent live and Libya, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Soweid9115/
Souwed9110/
Soweed919/
Sowied911/
Soed89131/
Souweid8342/
Soued80601/
Suwed80562/
Soyed8060/
Sawed8049/
Sobed8048/
Shoed8034/
Sewed8032/
Sowid8031/
Soedt8015/
Sowet8011/
Soied809/
Soved805/
Souied73176/
Suweid73136/
Souyed7359/
Sowaid7350/
Suwedt7326/
Sovied7319/
Seweid7312/
Soedth739/
Saweed738/
Soueïd736/
Sohied734/
Zowied734/
Soveid734/
Sowete733/
Sowidh733/
Joweid733/
Seweed732/
Sobeed732/
Shawed732/
Schoed731/
Zoweid731/
Sawied731/
Suweed731/
Soveyd731/
Suwied731/
Szewed731/
Saweid731/
Sawehd731/
Shoedh731/
Soewet731/
Shoyed731/
Sohwet731/
Saoued731/
Sowett731/
Shoied731/
Sojeed731/
Syed67529,455/
Seid67360,805/
Saed67111,689/
Seed6722,662/
Soud6715,405/
Sead677,731/
Sued675,572/
Soet67897/
Seîd67674/
Seyd67630/
Soid67440/
Seud6757/
Sejd6718/
Sotvedt6710/
Schojed673/
Soyd673/
Sawhead672/
Schoedt672/
Souwaid672/
Shaweed671/
Schawed671/
Sohvedt671/
Shhawed671/
Sowaids671/
Zoed671/
Jochwed671/
Soubeïd671/
Seeweed671/
Schewed670/
Showett670/

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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 Sowed
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