Sowes Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Sowes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Sowes (12) may also be a first name.
Sowes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowes is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Sowes occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Sowes reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 100 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name globally, held by 12 people.
The last name Sowes is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Sowes is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 86 percent reside and West Sepik, where 14 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
- 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 Sowes
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