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
Sosela occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosela? popularity and diffusion
Sosela is the 741,235th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 18,734,051 people. The last name Sosela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sosela live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequently held given name on earth, held by 46 people.
The last name Sosela is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 375 people, or 1 in 141,178. In Tanzania Sosela is mostly concentrated in: Shinyanga Region, where 49 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 25 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 19 percent reside. Besides 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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