Sosnow Surname

1,052,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Sosnow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sosnow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1491:2,432,610149,447
Israel711:120,53013,243
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
England21:27,859,030389,889
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Sosnów (1) are calculated separately.

Sosnow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sosnow Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sosnow is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Sosnów. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sosnow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sosnow is the 1,052,587th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Sosnow reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 66 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 2,432,610. In The United States it is mostly found in: Florida, where 25 percent live, New York, where 22 percent live and California, where 18 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 30 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Sosnow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sosnow are 23.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 76.92% being registered with the political party.

The amount Sosnow earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 63.74% more than the national average, earning $70,654 USD per year and in Canada they earn 57.1% more than the national average, earning $78,051 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sosnów941/
Sosnowa9279/
Sosnows921/
Sosnov831,924/
Susnow8365/
Sasnow8331/
Cosnow833/
Sosnof832/
Sosnova772,999/
Sosnoff77119/
Sussnow774/
Sosnovs774/
Coshnow771/
Soshnova711/
Jasnow6755/
Sasnov6719/
Sujnow675/
Sesnov672/
Shoshnova672/
Susnov671/
Soznov671/
Casnow670/

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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 Sosnow
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