Sowi Surname
Approximately 646 people bear this surname
Sowi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 319 | 1:25,560 | 2,826 |
| Indonesia | 255 | 1:518,624 | 42,226 |
| Malaysia | 37 | 1:797,141 | 36,924 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sowi (950) may also be a first name.
Sowi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sowi is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 507,320th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,281,031 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 53 percent of Sowi live; 53 percent live in Oceania Islands and 53 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Sowi is also the 262,112th most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 950 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 319 people, or 1 in 25,560. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Morobe, where 32 percent live, East Sepik, where 31 percent live and West Sepik, where 11 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 39 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 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 Sowi
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