Sosanwo Surname
Approximately 447 people bear this surname
Sosanwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 430 | 1:411,960 | 21,473 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sosanwo (13) may also be a first name.
Sosanwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosanwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sosanwo is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosanwo? popularity and diffusion
Sosanwo is the 669,375th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 16,303,235 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sosanwo live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sosanwo is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 430 people, or 1 in 411,960. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ogun, where 65 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Oyo, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 2 percent reside and England, where 2 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 Sosanwo
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