Sowelam Surname
Approximately 474 people bear this surname
Sowelam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Sowelam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowelam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowelam is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowelam? popularity and diffusion
Sowelam is the 641,055th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 15,374,569 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sowelam reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.
The last name Sowelam is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Excluding Egypt Sowelam exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent are found and Qatar, where 1 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 Sowelam
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