Sostoa Surname
Approximately 786 people bear this surname
Sostoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | 723 | 1:10,009 | 559 |
| Argentina | 35 | 1:1,221,240 | 71,984 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
Sostoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sostoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sostoa has its highest incidence in Paraguay. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sostoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 436,668th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 9,271,687 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Sostoa are found; 99 percent are found in South America and 92 percent are found in Paraguayan South America.
This last name is most widely held in Paraguay, where it is carried by 723 people, or 1 in 10,009. In Paraguay Sostoa is most prevalent in: Central Department, where 44 percent live, Paraguarí Department, where 17 percent live and Asunción, where 11 percent live. Other than Paraguay Sostoa is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 4 percent live and Brazil, where 2 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 Sostoa
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