Sosu Surname
Approximately 12,106 people bear this surname
Sosu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 10,806 | 1:2,501 | 400 |
| Nigeria | 521 | 1:340,005 | 18,467 |
| Romania | 273 | 1:73,545 | 8,758 |
| Japan | 114 | 1:1,121,441 | 21,240 |
| Moldova | 90 | 1:39,571 | 6,032 |
| Indonesia | 85 | 1:1,555,873 | 103,724 |
| Tanzania | 70 | 1:756,309 | 41,721 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
The alternate forms: Şoşu (41) are calculated separately.
Sosu (782) may also be a first name.
Sosu Demographics
Average Sosu Salary in
United States
$26,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sosu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sosu (Hindi: सोसू, Marathi: सोसु, Russian: Сосу) occurs most in Ghana. It can be found as: Şoşu. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 42,998th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 601,978 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sosu reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 293,371st most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 782 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 10,806 people, or 1 in 2,501. Excluding Ghana this last name exists in 39 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and Romania, where 2 percent are found.
Sosu Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Sosu earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 38.3% less than the national average, earning $26,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.19% less than the national average, earning $32,697 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sosu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sosu in the Hindi language | ||
| सोसू | sosu | - |
| Sosu in the Marathi language | ||
| सोसु | sosu | - |
| Sosu in the Russian language | ||
| Сосу | sosu | - |
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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
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- 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 Sosu
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