Sowei Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Sowei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 137 | 1:59,516 | 7,632 |
| Ivory Coast | 36 | 1:640,868 | 18,598 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sowei (17) may also be a first name.
Sowei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sowei is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sowei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sowei is the 1,248,410th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. The last name Sowei is primarily found in Oceania, where 77 percent of Sowei are found; 76 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 76 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Sowei is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 17 people.
Sowei is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 59,516. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: West Sepik, where 95 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 1 percent live and West New Britain, where 1 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Sowei
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