Sowou Surname
Approximately 2,706 people bear this surname
Sowou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 2,625 | 1:2,761 | 382 |
| Benin | 63 | 1:164,057 | 16,557 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Sowou (13) may also be a first name.
Sowou Demographics
Average Sowou Salary in
United States
$24,292 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sowou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sowou is more commonly found in Togo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 161,020th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,693,106 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sowou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 13 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Togo, where it is carried by 2,625 people, or 1 in 2,761. Outside of Togo Sowou exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.
Sowou Last Name Statistics demography
Sowou earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 43.7% less than the national average, earning $24,292 USD per year.
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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 Sowou
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