Sosami Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Sosami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 89 | 1:1,990,368 | 70,088 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
Sosami (71) may also be a first name.
Sosami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sosami is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosami? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,775,494th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Sosami reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sosami is also the 1,152,838th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 71 people.
The surname Sosami is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 38 percent live, Lagos, where 36 percent live and Yobe, where 15 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Iran, where 17 percent live.
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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 Sosami
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