Sowong Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Sowong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 298 | 1:237,041 | 40,154 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Sowong (232) may also be a first name.
Sowong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sowong occurs most in Thailand. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sowong.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowong? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 839,220th most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sowong live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 91 percent live in Tai-Asia. Sowong is also the 588,797th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 232 people.
Sowong is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is borne by 298 people, or 1 in 237,041. In Thailand Sowong is most prevalent in: Nakhon Phanom Province, where 99 percent live, Phetchabun Province, where 0 percent live and Songkhla Province, where 0 percent live. Other than Thailand it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 6 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
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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 Sowong
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