Sowie Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Sowie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Sowie (37) may also be a first name.
Sowie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sowie is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowie? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,808,717th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Sowie occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 73 percent of Sowie live; 73 percent live in Oceania Islands and 73 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,688,769th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 37 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 232,963. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: East Sepik, where 51 percent are found, West Sepik, where 29 percent are found and Morobe, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Sowie
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