Sowessa Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Sowessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 141 | 1:73,302 | 8,816 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sowessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowessa is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sowessa.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowessa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sowessa is the 1,484,726th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name Sowessa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sowessa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 73,302. In Benin it is primarily found in: Ouémé Department, where 98 percent live, Littoral Department, where 1 percent live and Mono Department, where 1 percent live. Aside from Benin Sowessa exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 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 Sowessa
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