Sowedo Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Sowedo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sowedo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowedo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowedo is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowedo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,665,662nd most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Sowedo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sowedo live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 382,800. In Benin Sowedo is most frequent in: Collines Department, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Sowedo
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