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
The surname Sostine is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sostine? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Sostine reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 226,170th most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 1,224 people.
Sostine is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Sostine is primarily found in: Morobe, where 100 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 33 percent are found and Kenya, where 27 percent are found.
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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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