Sodhu Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Sodhu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Sodhu (209) may also be a first name.
Sodhu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sodhu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sodhu (Hindi: सोधू, Marathi: सोधू) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sodhu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Sodhu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Sodhu are found; 73 percent are found in South Asia and 40 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 625,736th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 209 people.
This last name is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Sodhu is most prevalent in: Karnataka, where 67 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 17 percent reside and Gujarat, where 17 percent reside. Aside from India it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 27 percent reside and Indonesia, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sodhu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sodhu in the Hindi language | ||
| सोधू | sodhu | 78.57 |
| सोधु | sodhu | 10.71 |
| सोढू | sodhu | 7.14 |
| सोढु | sodhu | 3.57 |
| Sodhu in the Marathi language | ||
| सोधू | sodhu | 75 |
| सोधु | sodhu | 25 |
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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 Sodhu
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