Sosola Surname
Approximately 4,747 people bear this surname
Sosola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4,601 | 1:3,721 | 499 |
| Zimbabwe | 66 | 1:233,913 | 25,760 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
The alternate forms: Šošola (7) are calculated separately.
Sosola (37) may also be a first name.
Sosola Demographics
Average Sosola Salary in
South Africa
R 712,428
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sosola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosola Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sosola (Oriya: େଶାେଶାଳା) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Šošola. Click here for other potential spellings of Sosola.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosola? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 99,656th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,535,190 people. Sosola occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sosola live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sosola is also the 1,688,769th most common first name at a global level, borne by 37 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 4,601 people, or 1 in 3,721. Outside of Malawi Sosola exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Sosola Last Name Statistics demography
Sosola earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 199.8% more than the national average, earning R 712,428 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sosola Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sosola in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶାେଶାଳା | esaesala | - |
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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 Sosola
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