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
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
| 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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