Sugow Surname

63,937th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,831 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Sugow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sugow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia6,3231:2,127209
Kenya1,4941:30,9103,385
Djibouti41:228,733966
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Sugow (1,886) may also be a first name.

Sugow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sugow occurs more in Somalia more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sugow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 63,937th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 930,602 people. The surname Sugow is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sugow are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 175,104th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 1,886 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Somalia, where it is held by 6,323 people, or 1 in 2,127. Without taking into account Somalia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 19 percent are found and Djibouti, where 0 percent are found.

Sugow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

Sugow earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shugowe830/
Sogow806/
Sugov802/
Sugob802/
Sugaw801/
Sugof801/
Jugow801/
Sogowa73187/
Shugov7333/
Sungov7331/
Sugawe7315/
Suegov736/
Sugova731/
Shigow731/
Shugova67105/
Shungov673/
Sungouf671/
Soungof671/
Shigoow671/

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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 Sugow
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