Sosolo Surname

562,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 564 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sosolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sosolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3981:133,01912,405
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Uganda641:609,98932,257
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Sosolo (37) may also be a first name.

Sosolo Last Name Facts

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

Sosolo is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sosolo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sosolo is the 562,135th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 12,921,181 people. The surname Sosolo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sosolo live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most common forename at a global level, borne by 37 people.

The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 398 people, or 1 in 133,019. In Tanzania Sosolo is primarily found in: Rukwa Region, where 100 percent are found and Ruvuma Region, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and Uganda, where 11 percent are found.

Sosolo Last Name Statistics demography

Sosolo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.37% less than the national average, earning R 60,912 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sosoloa9214/
Sossolo9213/
Sosolyo927/
Ssosolo921/
Soscolo921/
Soosolo921/
Sossoulo8612/
Shosholo864/
Sosoloha863/
Sossolot861/
Sosola834,747/
Cosolo83820/
Sosalo8337/
Sesolo8328/
Sasolo8313/
Socolo836/
Soselo832/
Susolo831/
Sojolo831/
Sessolo77345/
Soisalo77321/
Sasoloa77185/
Soeselo77137/
Suosalo7788/
Shosola7782/
Cossolo7748/
Ssesolo7737/
Cassolo7724/
Suosola7719/
Cessolo7713/
Xosholo779/
Sosolya774/
Sosolah774/
Zossolo773/
Sousola772/
Soisola771/
Sassolo771/
Socoloh771/
Sosialo771/
Sotsalo771/
Soosalo771/
Sasholo771/
Scosola770/
Soussoulou754/
Shoshola7125/
Sousoula7121/
Ssessolo7115/
Suotsalo7115/
Soussola7110/
Sousolah716/
Sassuolo715/
Sasooloh715/
Sochaslo714/
Soutsalo712/
Cassolho712/
Cossolou711/
Dcossolo711/
Shesholo711/
Soesielo711/
Jossolot711/
Sassolos711/
Sassoloa711/
Seshollo711/
Socola673,793/
Sacolo671,843/
Sosala671,436/
Casolo67939/
Cosola67654/
Cocolo67397/
Sosela67389/
Sojola67354/
Susalo67222/
Sosula67136/
Seselo67116/
Sasalo6782/
Sousoulas6768/
Cojolo6767/
Sesola6763/
Zocolo6762/
Socalo6754/
Sozalo6747/
Sasola6731/
Susola6711/
Susulo677/
Sajolo677/
Sossouhla676/
Jojolo675/
Socelo675/
Zozolo674/
Sasulo674/
Suzolo673/
Sotsoulas673/
Saselo672/
Jocolo672/
Sesalo671/
Saxolo671/
Soussoula671/
Cosalo670/

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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 Sosolo
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