Sowoi Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Sowoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sowoi (20) may also be a first name.
Sowoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowoi occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowoi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sowoi is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Sowoi are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 20 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 293,902. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Lofa County, where 67 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 33 percent reside. Besides Liberia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 31 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Sowoi
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