Sowers Surname
Approximately 13,595 people bear this surname
Sowers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13,424 | 1:27,001 | 3,381 |
| Canada | 131 | 1:281,264 | 26,302 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,662 | 1:18,865 | 2,400 |
Sowers (17) may also be a first name.
Sowers Demographics
Average Sowers Salary in
United States
$40,737 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sowers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sowers is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowers? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 38,685th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 536,046 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Sowers are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 17 people.
Sowers is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 13,424 people, or 1 in 27,001. In The United States it is most common in: Ohio, where 11 percent are found, Virginia, where 10 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States it occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
Sowers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sowers has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 504 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 73 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sowers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sowers are 19.92% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.69% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sowers earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.59% less than the national average, earning $40,737 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.96% less than the national average, earning $44,236 CAD per year.
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Sowers Reference & Research
Sowerby DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Sowerby FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Sowers
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis