Sowna Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sowna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sowna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sowna (37) may also be a first name.

Sowna Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sowna Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sowna is found most frequently in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sowna? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sowna is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Sowna occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Sowna are found; 75 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,688,769th most common first name internationally It is held by 37 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 100 percent live. Beside India it exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sownna912/
Sownga912/
Showna911/
Sowa8951,600/
Hsownay831/
Shownas831/
Showa801,006/
Sawna8053/
Szowa8023/
Sobna802/
Sxowa801/
Jowna801/
Shawna73533/
Sowney7391/
Chowna7331/
Shobna7315/
Sobhna7310/
Sawnah732/
Sawnaj731/
Souvna731/
Sownoi731/
Sawnna730/
Sova6721,879/
Zowa672,207/
Shobhna67138/
Shawnna6718/
Sawhnay678/
Showney671/
Shawnea671/
Chownai671/
Jownath671/
Shawnai671/
Shawnay671/
Sowhney671/
Shoubna671/
Sobenna671/
Xowa671/

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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 Sowna
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis