Sostene Surname

692,305th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 427 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sostene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sostene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3341:158,50814,206
Mexico381:3,266,47923,844
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

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 last name Sostene is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sostene? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 692,305th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 17,066,852 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Sostene reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sostene is also the 176,254th most numerous forename worldwide. It is borne by 1,866 people.

This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 334 people, or 1 in 158,508. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Katavi Region, where 99 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania Sostene occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 9 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sosthene9310,246/
Sostenes9310,091/
Sostenez9367/
Sosthenes889,886/
Sosteness88103/
Sosthenez881/
Sosthenie881/
Sosteni86141/
Sostena86102/
Sosthen8633/
Sostine8615/
Sostein8611/
Siotene865/
Sosteny863/
Soutene862/
Sohtene862/
Sotenes862/
Zostene861/
Sotenez861/
Sotiene861/
Sustene861/
Sastene861/
Costene860/
Sostheness82428/
Sostehenes821/
Sostegni80505/
Soutenet8046/
Sostines8012/
Sosthène805/
Zostenes803/
Sustenes803/
Sjostein803/
Chostene802/
Sustenei802/
Zostenez802/
Saustene802/
Sostenis801/
Sostenio801/
Sothenes801/
Soustena801/
Sòstenes801/
Soustine801/
Sosthena801/
Sastenes801/
Sostynes801/
Costeney801/
Shostone800/
Scostine800/
Sothen77189/
Soteni77130/
Sotine7754/
Sotena7711/
Zotene776/
Satene773/
Sotean773/
Shoostine7515/
Shostheni751/
Sosthenna751/
Shostenys751/
Sosthiney751/
Chostenes751/
Southener750/
Cousteane750/
Costine71591/
Zoutene71446/
Southen71228/
Jostine71187/
Sustine71110/
Sastine7191/
Sestine7157/
Soutine7133/
Sostini7125/
Sateney719/
Sastane719/
Satiene718/
Susteni713/
Jastene712/
Suotean712/
Sotheng712/
Sautene711/
Sastena711/
Castene711/
Shatene711/
Sostain711/
Sotetin711/
Siotean711/
Soutein711/
Soutena711/
Schoustein711/
Costeny711/
Josteni711/
Shotean710/
Satener710/
Sothine710/
Costinea67443/
Sustines6760/
Sautenet6751/
Sostheim6739/
Sjóstein6724/
Southend6714/
Soshtain675/
Joustine675/
Sateigne674/
Seestone673/
Southeny672/
Soustani672/
Southein671/
Shotteni671/
Shastine671/
Sustaine671/
Zouthene671/
Sostaini671/
Sauteney671/
Giosteni671/
Jostiner671/
Sathenge671/
Saustena671/
Shotisen671/
Chastene670/
Schotgen670/
Casteney670/

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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
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  • 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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