Sumowuo Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Sumowuo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sumowuo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia201:220,42714,169
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sumowuo (45) may also be a first name.

Sumowuo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sumowuo is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sumowuo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sumowuo is the 4,307,654th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Sumowuo occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sumowuo reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 45 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 220,427. In Liberia Sumowuo is mostly found in: Lofa County, where 75 percent live, Margibi County, where 20 percent live and Montserrado County, where 5 percent live. Aside from Liberia it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sumoiwuo93202/
Sumowo923/
Sumowoi865/
Sumoiwo862/
Soumowou801/
Soumouvo801/
Sumoiwoo801/
Sumoiwou801/
Sumobo7764/
Sumowa7710/
Somowo776/
Soumouvou751/
Sumowah7158/
Somowho715/
Sumoboy714/
Shumowa712/
Sumowat711/
Shumovoy6718/
Soumawou671/

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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 Sumowuo
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