Sowma Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Sowma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 205 | 1:2,696 | 419 |
| United States | 126 | 1:2,876,658 | 169,773 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Sowma (12) may also be a first name.
Sowma Demographics
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Sowma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻣﻪ, Marathi: सोमा) occurs more in Suriname more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 823,466th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 21,624,765 people. Sowma is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Sowma are found; 61 percent are found in South America and 61 percent are found in Gallo-Germanic South America. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous forename worldwide, borne by 12 people.
The surname Sowma is most commonly used in Suriname, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 2,696. Besides Suriname Sowma exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 37 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.
Sowma Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sowma surname are 43.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 90% being registered to vote for the political party.
Sowma earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.91% less than the national average, earning $38,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sowma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sowma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻣﻪ | swmh | - |
| Sowma in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमा | soma | - |
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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 Sowma
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