Sumayow Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Sumayow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sumayow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia3081:429,38036,011
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Sumayow Last Name Facts

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

Sumayow is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sumayow.

How Common Is The Last Name Sumayow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 874,560th most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sumayow live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name Sumayow is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 308 people, or 1 in 429,380. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: North Sulawesi, where 95 percent are found, West Papua, where 3 percent are found and Central Sulawesi, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The Philippines, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sumayouw93188/
Sumajow86327/
Sumayaw8617/
Sumajouw8099/
Shumayov802/
Sumayova801/
Jumayew7125,605/
Jumayov714/
Somhaow711/
Shumayev6749/
Sumajauw6717/
Shumahov6710/
Sumajova676/
Zhumayov673/
Djumayew671/

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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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  • 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 Sumayow
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