Sowka Surname
Approximately 808 people bear this surname
Sowka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 270 | 1:298,168 | 30,684 |
| United States | 224 | 1:1,618,120 | 108,461 |
| Poland | 147 | 1:258,563 | 32,318 |
| France | 62 | 1:1,071,334 | 116,831 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Austria | 23 | 1:370,236 | 39,193 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Sówka (10) are calculated separately.
Sowka (34) may also be a first name.
Sowka Demographics
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Sowka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowka is found most frequently in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms: Sówka. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 427,422nd most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 9,019,240 people. The last name Sowka is primarily found in Europe, where 67 percent of Sowka are found; 44 percent are found in Western Europe and 37 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Sowka is also the 1,775,424th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 34 people.
This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 270 people, or 1 in 298,168. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 35 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 12 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent live and Poland, where 18 percent live.
Sowka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sowka surname are 12.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.82% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sowka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.55% less than the national average, earning R 124,632 per year; in United States they earn 18.15% more than the national average, earning $50,979 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.52% more than the national average, earning $56,899 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sówka | 93 | 10 | / |
| Showka | 91 | 2 | / |
| Sojwka | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sawka | 80 | 3,341 | / |
| Sofka | 80 | 885 | / |
| Sovka | 80 | 154 | / |
| Sowko | 80 | 68 | / |
| Suwka | 80 | 29 | / |
| Sowki | 80 | 28 | / |
| Sowky | 80 | 12 | / |
| Sewka | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cowka | 80 | 2 | / |
| Shawka | 73 | 1,625 | / |
| Showky | 73 | 1,128 | / |
| Siewka | 73 | 51 | / |
| Szewka | 73 | 51 | / |
| Zsofka | 73 | 41 | / |
| Sowkey | 73 | 33 | / |
| Shovka | 73 | 32 | / |
| Szawka | 73 | 32 | / |
| Showki | 73 | 14 | / |
| Sofkha | 73 | 14 | / |
| Shewka | 73 | 6 | / |
| Szofka | 73 | 5 | / |
| Siawka | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sowkee | 73 | 2 | / |
| Siowko | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sawkad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Szobka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Showko | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sobkha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Soyfka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sawkka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sophka | 73 | 0 | / |
| Soffka | 73 | 0 | / |
| Showkey | 67 | 218 | / |
| Sjouwke | 67 | 45 | / |
| Shawkai | 67 | 10 | / |
| Schewka | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sowkhee | 67 | 7 | / |
| Shawkah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Souwkot | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sawkhad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siowkee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Choiwka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shovkaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siewkai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chowcka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schawka | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sowka
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