Sostine Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Sostine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Sostine (1,224) may also be a first name.
Sostine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sostine Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sostine is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sostine click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sostine? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Sostine live; 60 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sostine is also the 226,170th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 1,224 people.
It is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Sostine is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 33 percent live and Kenya, where 27 percent live.
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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 Sostine
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