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| Origin | |
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| Language(s) | Polish Japanese |
| Meaning | Polish/Slavic:
Owl Other: Unknown |
| Region of origin | Poland, Central/Eastern Europe Ghana Japan |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Sova (Czech, other Slavic form; Yiddish: סאָווע Sóve) |
Sowa (Polish pronunciation: [ˈsɔva] ) is a surname with multiple origins, including Polish, Ghanaian, and Japanese.
Among individuals of European origin, the surname Sowa is derived from the Polish noun "sowa" ( owl). In some cases, it may be an alternative spelling of the surname Sova, which is a Ukrainian, Czech, Belarusian, Slovak and Russian cognate. Both are derived from Proto-Slavic *sova.
Polish name expert Kazimierz Rymut mentions the name in his book Nazwiska Polaków (The Surnames of Poles). [1] Rymut says the name appears in records as early as 1404 and comes from the noun sowa, which means " owl". Fred Hoffman, author of Polish Surnames, explains that a common practice in the early days of surname adoption was its bestowal upon people as a nickname because of their connection to the meaning behind the name, [2] which was, in this case, an owl.
The surname is also found in Ghana and Japan, with unrelated etymologies.
- Adam Sowa (born 1957), Polish general
- Adan Sowa (born 1954), Argentine golf player
- Alexandre Sowa (1927–2017), French racing cyclist
- Arkadiusz Sowa (born 1979), Polish marathon runner
- Armin Sowa (born 1959), German basketball player
- Charles Sowa (1933–2013), Luxembourgian race walker and coach
- François Sowa (born 1937), Luxembourgian boxer
- Hiroshi Sowa (born 1956), Japanese football player and manager
- John F. Sowa (born 1940), American computer scientist
- Marc Sowa (born 1963), Luxembourgian racewalker
- Marzena Sowa (born 1979), Polish cartoonist
- Michael Sowa (born 1945), German artist
- Richart Sowa, British artist and builder of Spiral Island
- Theo Sowa (born 1957), Ghanaian writer
- Theodosius Okan Sowa (1918–2003), Ghanaian diplomat
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
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| Origin | |
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| Language(s) | Polish Japanese |
| Meaning | Polish/Slavic:
Owl Other: Unknown |
| Region of origin | Poland, Central/Eastern Europe Ghana Japan |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Sova (Czech, other Slavic form; Yiddish: סאָווע Sóve) |
Sowa (Polish pronunciation: [ˈsɔva] ) is a surname with multiple origins, including Polish, Ghanaian, and Japanese.
Among individuals of European origin, the surname Sowa is derived from the Polish noun "sowa" ( owl). In some cases, it may be an alternative spelling of the surname Sova, which is a Ukrainian, Czech, Belarusian, Slovak and Russian cognate. Both are derived from Proto-Slavic *sova.
Polish name expert Kazimierz Rymut mentions the name in his book Nazwiska Polaków (The Surnames of Poles). [1] Rymut says the name appears in records as early as 1404 and comes from the noun sowa, which means " owl". Fred Hoffman, author of Polish Surnames, explains that a common practice in the early days of surname adoption was its bestowal upon people as a nickname because of their connection to the meaning behind the name, [2] which was, in this case, an owl.
The surname is also found in Ghana and Japan, with unrelated etymologies.
- Adam Sowa (born 1957), Polish general
- Adan Sowa (born 1954), Argentine golf player
- Alexandre Sowa (1927–2017), French racing cyclist
- Arkadiusz Sowa (born 1979), Polish marathon runner
- Armin Sowa (born 1959), German basketball player
- Charles Sowa (1933–2013), Luxembourgian race walker and coach
- François Sowa (born 1937), Luxembourgian boxer
- Hiroshi Sowa (born 1956), Japanese football player and manager
- John F. Sowa (born 1940), American computer scientist
- Marc Sowa (born 1963), Luxembourgian racewalker
- Marzena Sowa (born 1979), Polish cartoonist
- Michael Sowa (born 1945), German artist
- Richart Sowa, British artist and builder of Spiral Island
- Theo Sowa (born 1957), Ghanaian writer
- Theodosius Okan Sowa (1918–2003), Ghanaian diplomat
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.