Sowelo Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Sowelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 55 | 1:962,575 | 44,906 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sowelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sowelo is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowelo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,506,728th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sowelo are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Sowelo is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 962,575. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 98 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 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 Sowelo
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