Sowena Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Sowena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Sowena (47) may also be a first name.
Sowena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowena occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sowena click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowena? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sowena is the 5,057,639th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 73 percent of Sowena live; 73 percent live in Oceania Islands and 73 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Sowena is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 47 people.
The last name Sowena is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Madang, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea Sowena occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 27 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
- 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 Sowena
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