Sowh Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Sowh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sowh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Sowh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sowh Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sowh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮﻩ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sowh.

How Common Is The Last Name Sowh? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sowh is the 6,360,413th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Sowh is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Sowh live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Sowh is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 33 percent reside and Mauritania, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sowhe894/
Sow861,076,990/
Showhe8017/
Sowa7551,600/
Sobh7547,082/
Show7537,416/
Sowe7535,137/
Siow7510,640/
Sawh752,471/
Soph75593/
Souw75546/
Soow7571/
Sohw759/
Soew757/
Sowf756/
Sovh755/
Sowz754/
Ssow753/
Soww752/
Sosw752/
Sofh752/
Soiw752/
Sowp752/
Xsow752/
Zowh751/
Soyw751/
Sgow751/
Sxow751/
Szow751/
Sohv751/
Sohf751/
Sjow751/
Sowt751/
Suow751/
Sobhh676,479/
Shobh673,856/
Schow671,973/
Showa671,006/
Sophe67540/
Showe67460/
Sjouw67138/
Soubh6749/
Shouw6749/
Shawh6749/
Souwe6747/
Chowh6744/
Szowa6723/
Sawch6722/
Soowe6715/
Soiph674/
Soeph674/
Soiwe673/
Shoow673/
Scoph673/
Shohf673/
Sawph672/
Sosfh672/
Siowe672/
Shhow671/
Sawhe671/
Sohfe671/
Sooph671/
Showw671/
Hsiow671/
Shovh671/
Soihb671/
Sshow671/
Scovh671/
Sohyb671/
Showf671/
Showp671/
Souph671/
Showt670/
Showz670/
Scouw670/
Shoew670/
Sohws670/

Sowh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sowh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺻﻮﻩswh-

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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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