Sowtal Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Sowtal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sowtal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3271:2,345,76676,423
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324

Sowtal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sowtal Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sowtal (Bengali: সাওতাল) occurs most in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sowtal? popularity and diffusion

It is the 833,931st most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 22,016,755 people. Sowtal occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sowtal are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 327 people, or 1 in 2,345,766. In India it is most numerous in: Assam, where 96 percent reside, Arunachal Pradesh, where 2 percent reside and Tripura, where 2 percent reside. Besides India this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Showtal9230/
Sowthal921/
Sowthall860/
Sawtal839,093/
Sewtal8345/
Cowtal831/
Chowtal77730/
Sawthal77156/
Shawtal7771/
Sawtaal7710/
Sewthal779/
Sawtale772/
Softail772/
Sewtahal71315/
Sabtal671,944/
Shewtahal6728/
Jawtal672/
Savtal671/
Shoefftall632/
Shewtahalh631/
Chawtal62390/
Shaftal6248/
Sabtaal6234/
Chuwtal6229/
Savtale6227/
Sheftal6215/
Shabtal622/
Sabtaul621/
Sabtail621/
Saabtal621/
Shavtal621/
Seftall621/
Sheftall57214/
Chawtale571/
Shaftall571/
Chauwtal571/
Chovtale571/
Sheftail570/
Shufftall533/
Savtalova531/
Schaftall530/
Sabtol502/

Sowtal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sowtal in the Bengali language
সাওতালsa'otala-

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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
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  • 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 Sowtal
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