Sosiya Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Sosiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 150 | 1:352,944 | 26,073 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sosiya (227) may also be a first name.
Sosiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sosiya (Hindi: सोसिया, Marathi: सोसीयााने) is most common in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,231,034th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Sosiya reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 596,468th most commonly used forename in the world. It is borne by 227 people.
The surname Sosiya is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 352,944. In Tanzania it is most common in: Manyara Region, where 99 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside and India, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sosiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sosiya in the Hindi language | ||
| सोसिया | sosiya | 83.33 |
| सोसीया | sosiya | 16.67 |
| Sosiya in the Marathi language | ||
| सोसीयााने | sosiyaane | 50 |
| सोसीया | sosiya | 50 |
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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 Sosiya
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