Sosela Surname
Approximately 389 people bear this surname
Sosela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 375 | 1:141,178 | 12,968 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
Sosela (46) may also be a first name.
Sosela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sosela occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 741,235th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 18,734,051 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sosela are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 46 people.
Sosela is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 375 people, or 1 in 141,178. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Shinyanga Region, where 49 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 25 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 19 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 2 percent reside and Botswana, where 1 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 Sosela
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