Sosala Surname
Approximately 1,436 people bear this surname
Sosala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,358 | 1:11,672 | 1,350 |
| Finland | 50 | 1:109,934 | 10,946 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sosala (62) may also be a first name.
Sosala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sosala (Marathi: सोसला, Russian: Сосала) is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosala? popularity and diffusion
Sosala is the 271,355th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,074,893 people. The last name Sosala occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sosala are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 62 people.
Sosala is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 1,358 people, or 1 in 11,672. In Zambia Sosala is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 25 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent live and Central Province, where 17 percent live. Barring Zambia Sosala occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 3 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sosala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sosala in the Marathi language | ||
| सोसला | sosala | - |
| Sosala in the Russian language | ||
| Сосала | sosala | - |
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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 Sosala
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