Sortava Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Sortava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
Sortava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sortava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sortava (Russian: Сортава) is found most in Finland. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sortava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sortava reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 75 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 610,745. In Finland Sortava is most common in: Uusimaa, where 89 percent are found and Pirkanmaa, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Finland this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Belarus, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sortaeva | 93 | 1 | / |
| Shortaeva | 88 | 194 | / |
| Sortova | 86 | 67 | / |
| Cortava | 86 | 2 | / |
| Sortave | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sartaeva | 80 | 1,126 | / |
| Shortova | 80 | 345 | / |
| Shartava | 80 | 343 | / |
| Sertaeva | 80 | 144 | / |
| Sortoeva | 80 | 17 | / |
| Saartava | 80 | 4 | / |
| Zortaeva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shertaeva | 75 | 215 | / |
| Shartaeva | 75 | 11 | / |
| Sartova | 71 | 920 | / |
| Sertova | 71 | 99 | / |
| Serteva | 71 | 36 | / |
| Sarteva | 71 | 35 | / |
| Sartavi | 71 | 30 | / |
| Zorteva | 71 | 15 | / |
| Cortova | 71 | 4 | / |
| Surtave | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sartavy | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zortova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cortavo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Surtova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shartova | 67 | 53 | / |
| Saartave | 67 | 31 | / |
| Sartoeva | 67 | 30 | / |
| Chortova | 67 | 29 | / |
| Sartawua | 67 | 6 | / |
| Saarteva | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sartaver | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sortovoy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shertawa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shertova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shartawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zsortová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Serteeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sartawai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sartabay | 67 | 1 | / |
Sortava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sortava in the Russian language | ||
| Сортава | sortava | - |
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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 Sortava
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