Sowonu Surname
Approximately 2 people bear this surname
Sowonu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Sowonu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowonu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowonu occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sowonu.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowonu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 11,742,229th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Sowonu occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Sowonu live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 177,142,758. In Nigeria Sowonu is most frequent in: Lagos, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 50 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sowonou | 92 | 2 | / |
| Sowounou | 86 | 7 | / |
| Souwonou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sowongou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zowonu | 83 | 1,528 | / |
| Sewonu | 83 | 1,061 | / |
| Sowanu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Suwonu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Jowonu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sowenu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sowanou | 77 | 1,938 | / |
| Zowonou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sowenou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Souwoungou | 75 | 2 | / |
| Souwanou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sewounou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sowannou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sowhannu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sabonu | 67 | 321 | / |
| Sewanu | 67 | 264 | / |
| Sawanu | 67 | 62 | / |
| Soubounou | 67 | 22 | / |
| Sewenu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Sawenu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Jowanu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sawunu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sawoungou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Souwungou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siewonnou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suwanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sovanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sobanu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sowonu
- 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