Soweh Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Soweh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
Soweh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soweh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soweh is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Soweh.
How Common Is The Last Name Soweh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Soweh is the 3,141,416th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Soweh live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Soweh is mostly found in: Lagos, where 68 percent are found, Ogun, where 16 percent are found and Delta, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 26 percent are found and Liberia, where 15 percent are found.
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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 Soweh
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