Soitah Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Soitah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 56 | 1:824,641 | 32,113 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Soitah (37) may also be a first name.
Soitah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soitah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soitah is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soitah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Soitah is the 2,372,517th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. Soitah is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Soitah are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Soitah is also the 1,688,769th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 37 people.
The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 824,641. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Bungoma County, where 91 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 7 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 12 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Soitah
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