Where Does The Last Name Sowen Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Sowen is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sowen? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 3,017,195^th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Sowen occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Sowen live; 64 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Sowen is also the 1,744,716^th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 35 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: West Sepik, where 54 percent reside, Madang, where 29 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 8 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 19 percent reside and Germany, where 7 percent reside.

Sowen Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Sowen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sowen surname fell 73 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 96 percent between 1881 and 2014.