Sosten Surname
Approximately 2,375 people bear this surname
Sosten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,725 | 1:9,924 | 1,537 |
| Tanzania | 578 | 1:91,594 | 9,175 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sosten (6,403) may also be a first name.
Sosten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sosten occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosten? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sosten is the 179,597th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,068,440 people. The last name Sosten occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sosten reside; 74 percent reside in Southern Africa and 74 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sosten is also the 82,156th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 6,403 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,725 people, or 1 in 9,924. Outside of Malawi it exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 24 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 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 Sosten
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