Sowom Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Sowom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Sowom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowom is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowom? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Sowom is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Sowom are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 100 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
Sowom is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 281,163. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: West Sepik, where 83 percent are found, Morobe, where 14 percent are found and West New Britain, where 3 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea Sowom exists in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sowoum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sowoume | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sawom | 80 | 40 | / |
| Sowam | 80 | 30 | / |
| Sowon | 80 | 19 | / |
| Sobom | 80 | 12 | / |
| Sowum | 80 | 3 | / |
| Suwom | 80 | 2 | / |
| Showhome | 77 | 4 | / |
| Souwoume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sjobom | 73 | 50 | / |
| Sowwam | 73 | 31 | / |
| Showam | 73 | 19 | / |
| Sawoum | 73 | 17 | / |
| Shawom | 73 | 12 | / |
| Soowon | 73 | 2 | / |
| Showon | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sowume | 73 | 2 | / |
| Saboom | 73 | 2 | / |
| Soboum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sewoum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sowone | 73 | 1 | / |
| Siawom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sehwom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Soboim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Soywon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shobom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sawome | 73 | 1 | / |
| Souwon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cowhom | 73 | 0 | / |
| Showwam | 67 | 26 | / |
| Showham | 67 | 10 | / |
| Shaboom | 67 | 6 | / |
| Souwone | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sjobohm | 67 | 3 | / |
| Showame | 67 | 3 | / |
| Soiwong | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sowwong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sowonng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soobaum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sowhong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Djouwom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sowohyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Showhon | 67 | 0 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Sowom
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis