Sowene Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Sowene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Sowene (11) may also be a first name.
Sowene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sowene is most common in Kenya. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowene? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sowene is the 5,587,209th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Sowene reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sowene is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, held by 11 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 6,597,129. In Kenya Sowene is mostly found in: Taita Taveta County, where 57 percent reside, Kwale County, where 14 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 14 percent reside. Beside Kenya this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 8 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
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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 Sowene
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