Sowh Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Sowh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Sowh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮﻩ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most common last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Sowh occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Sowh are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Oyo, where 100 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent are found and Mauritania, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sowhe | 89 | 4 | / |
| Sow | 86 | 1,076,990 | / |
| Showhe | 80 | 17 | / |
| Sowa | 75 | 51,600 | / |
| Sobh | 75 | 47,082 | / |
| Show | 75 | 37,416 | / |
| Sowe | 75 | 35,137 | / |
| Siow | 75 | 10,640 | / |
| Sawh | 75 | 2,471 | / |
| Soph | 75 | 593 | / |
| Souw | 75 | 546 | / |
| Soow | 75 | 71 | / |
| Sohw | 75 | 9 | / |
| Soew | 75 | 7 | / |
| Sowf | 75 | 6 | / |
| Sovh | 75 | 5 | / |
| Sowz | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ssow | 75 | 3 | / |
| Soww | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sosw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sofh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Soiw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sowp | 75 | 2 | / |
| Xsow | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zowh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Soyw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sgow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sxow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Szow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sohv | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sohf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sjow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sowt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Suow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sobhh | 67 | 6,479 | / |
| Shobh | 67 | 3,856 | / |
| Schow | 67 | 1,973 | / |
| Showa | 67 | 1,006 | / |
| Sophe | 67 | 540 | / |
| Showe | 67 | 460 | / |
| Sjouw | 67 | 138 | / |
| Soubh | 67 | 49 | / |
| Shouw | 67 | 49 | / |
| Shawh | 67 | 49 | / |
| Souwe | 67 | 47 | / |
| Chowh | 67 | 44 | / |
| Szowa | 67 | 23 | / |
| Sawch | 67 | 22 | / |
| Soowe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Soiph | 67 | 4 | / |
| Soeph | 67 | 4 | / |
| Soiwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shoow | 67 | 3 | / |
| Scoph | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shohf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sawph | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sosfh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Siowe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shhow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sawhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sohfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sooph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Showw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hsiow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shovh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soihb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sshow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scovh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sohyb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Showf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Showp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Souph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Showt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Showz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scouw | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shoew | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sohws | 67 | 0 | / |
Sowh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sowh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻮﻩ | swh | - |
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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 Sowh
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