Sowels Surname

770,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sowels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sowels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3431:1,056,73277,214
England231:2,422,52489,093
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Sowels Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sowels Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sowels is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sowels.

How Common Is The Last Name Sowels? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 770,644th most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Sowels are found; 92 percent are found in North America and 92 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 343 people, or 1 in 1,056,732. In The United States Sowels is most numerous in: Texas, where 71 percent live, California, where 6 percent live and Michigan, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent live and China, where 0 percent live.

Sowels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sowels has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sowels last name increased 1,072 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 460 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sowels Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sowels last name are 24.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 77.97% being registered with the party.

Sowels earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.02% less than the national average, earning $40,119 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sowells92603/
Showels9296/
Soweles920/
Soels9194/
Sowls9152/
Showells866/
Sowelles863/
Sowles83884/
Cowels83145/
Sobels83120/
Shoels8337/
Souels8326/
Jowels839/
Showls835/
Soeles834/
Soehls830/
Sowlss830/
Sovels830/
Schoels77167/
Cowells7738/
Sowlles7728/
Showles7722/
Coweles772/
Shoeles772/
Shoells771/
Jowelsh771/
Jowells771/
Soueles770/
Shovels770/
Seals7320,584/
Seils73994/
Souls73521/
Seels73430/
Zoels73135/
Saels73110/
Suels7360/
Soils7348/
Sawls7314/
Soelz7310/
Seuls732/
Shoelles712/
Schoelss712/
Shoueles712/
Schoeles711/
Schowles710/
Sawwells710/
Shiels677,460/
Seales674,197/
Soules673,241/
Sheils672,658/
Savels67357/
Schoelles67220/
Sheals67217/
Soiles67160/
Sayols67128/
Sauels6790/
Sceals6790/
Seiles6784/
Sueles6783/
Sealls6776/
Sabels6771/
Shawls6767/
Sobles6756/
Shouls6754/
Sevels6745/
Zawels6727/
Sevals6721/
Soulse6720/
Zoelss6714/
Syeles6713/
Seyils6710/
Sheels679/
Schovells679/
Zoells677/
Seeles675/
Saeles672/
Sawles672/
Suells672/
Jovels671/
Sobils671/
Shuels671/
Suiels671/
Seules671/
Sayels671/
Soyles671/
Sovles671/
Soulls671/
Seeals671/
Couels671/
Seyles670/
Shaels670/
Shoelz670/
Sceils670/
Sevols670/
Chowls670/
Saiels670/
Sevils670/

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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 Sowels
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