Sowoya Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Sowoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zimbabwe | 49 | 1:315,066 | 31,156 |
| South Africa | 30 | 1:1,805,923 | 85,708 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Sowoya Demographics
Average Sowoya Salary in
South Africa
R 102,372
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sowoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowoya occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Sowoya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,048,281st most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The surname Sowoya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sowoya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Excluding Malawi Sowoya is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 21 percent live and South Africa, where 13 percent live.
Sowoya Last Name Statistics demography
Sowoya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.92% less than the national average, earning R 102,372 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 Sowoya
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