de Soto Surname

213,930th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,924 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Guam

de Soto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Soto Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic6701:15,5721,118
Spain6321:73,9756,492
United States2071:1,751,009115,476
Mexico881:1,410,52515,733
Argentina491:872,31556,573
Guam411:3,905492
Uruguay391:87,9948,905
Philippines321:3,163,694143,904
France321:2,075,710171,237
Brazil311:6,905,624162,221
Chile251:704,65916,160
Peru161:1,986,50825,077
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Guatemala71:2,297,5246,613
England61:9,286,343223,652
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Puerto Rico61:591,6903,707
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Cuba31:3,840,90513,116
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

de Soto (75) may also be a first name.

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de Soto Demographics

Average Male de Soto Height

174.69 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 16 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Soto Last Name Facts

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

de Soto is more frequently found in The Dominican Republic than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of de Soto click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Soto? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 213,930th most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,787,706 people. de Soto occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of de Soto live; 35 percent live in Caribbean and 35 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 1,116,575th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 75 people.

The last name is most numerous in The Dominican Republic, where it is held by 670 people, or 1 in 15,572. Barring The Dominican Republic de Soto exists in 29 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

de Soto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Soto has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the de Soto surname expanded 1,218 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Soto Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Soto earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 21.96% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,641 per year; in United States they earn 7.23% more than the national average, earning $46,269 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.98% more than the national average, earning $57,124 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Souto933,802/
de Sotto93443/
de Scoto932/
de Suoto931/
de Sotos931/
de Sotoj931/
de Siotto884/
de Sota8625/
de Coto8622/
de Suto865/
De-Soto864/
de Zoto862/
di Sotto80753/
de Siato80164/
de Coito80164/
de Souta8050/
de Setto809/
de Sauto808/
de Sutto807/
de Satto803/
de Sosta801/
de Satoh801/
de Choto801/
de Zotto800/
di Scotto7516/
de Sautto755/
de Seta711,533/
de Cato7192/
de Cota7111/
da Sota719/
de Jota714/
di Coto711/
de Cotta6785/
de Setta6727/
Di-Sotto6713/
da Sosta679/
de Sieta673/
da Couto673/
da Setou672/
de Chota672/
di Couto672/
de Giota671/
da Siato671/
da Satou671/
da Siota671/
de Saeta671/
da Coito671/
De-Couto671/
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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 de Soto
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