Sosthene Surname
Approximately 10,246 people bear this surname
Sosthene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 8,569 | 1:1,586 | 298 |
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Ivory Coast | 53 | 1:435,306 | 14,482 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Rwanda | 25 | 1:454,599 | 1,711 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Sosthène (5) are calculated separately.
Sosthene (13,203) may also be a first name.
Sosthene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosthene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sosthene is found most in Chad. It can appear as a variant: Sosthène. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosthene? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sosthene is the 50,125th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 711,258 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sosthene reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 50,730th most prevalent given name on earth. It is borne by 13,203 people.
The surname Sosthene is most widespread in Chad, where it is borne by 8,569 people, or 1 in 1,586. Without taking into account Chad this surname occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Sosthene Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sosthene has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sosthene surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Sosthene
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