Sostene Surname
Approximately 427 people bear this surname
Sostene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 334 | 1:158,508 | 14,206 |
| Mexico | 38 | 1:3,266,479 | 23,844 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Sostene (1,866) may also be a first name.
Sostene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sostene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sostene is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sostene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 692,305th most widespread last name globally It is held by around 1 in 17,066,852 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Sostene live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 176,254th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 1,866 people.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 334 people, or 1 in 158,508. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Katavi Region, where 99 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 0 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 9 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 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 Sostene
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