Sostenes Surname

50,823rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,091 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sostenes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sostenes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania7,6511:6,920908
Mexico2,3181:53,5492,685
United States711:5,105,055259,233
Indonesia231:5,749,965259,967
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Sóstenes (14) & Sòstenes (1) are calculated separately.

Sostenes (12,385) may also be a first name.

Sostenes Last Name Facts

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

Sostenes is found most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as: Sóstenes or Sòstenes. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sostenes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 50,823rd most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 722,183 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Sostenes live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 53,026th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 12,385 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 7,651 people, or 1 in 6,920. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 30 percent live, Geita Region, where 16 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 14 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Sostenes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sostenes surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Sostenes earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.67% less than the national average, earning $42,429 USD per year.

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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 Sostenes
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