Soitu Surname
Approximately 471 people bear this surname
Soitu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 237 | 1:84,717 | 9,896 |
| Moldova | 148 | 1:24,063 | 4,003 |
| Estonia | 35 | 1:37,766 | 7,217 |
| Finland | 27 | 1:203,582 | 17,121 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Şoitu (3) are calculated separately.
Soitu (31) may also be a first name.
Soitu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soitu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soitu is borne by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Şoitu. For other potential spellings of Soitu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soitu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Soitu is the 643,972nd most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. The last name Soitu is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Soitu live; 83 percent live in Eastern Europe and 82 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 31 people.
Soitu is most prevalent in Romania, where it is held by 237 people, or 1 in 84,717. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Vaslui County, where 41 percent reside, Iași County, where 28 percent reside and Mureș County, where 18 percent reside. Besides Romania this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 31 percent reside and Estonia, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Soitu
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