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 occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sostine? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Sostine occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Sostine reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sostine is also the 226,170th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,224 people.
This surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Morobe, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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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