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
The surname Sosu (Hindi: सोसू, Marathi: सोसु, Russian: Сосу) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Şoşu. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosu? popularity and diffusion
Sosu is the 42,998th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 601,978 people. Sosu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sosu are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 293,371st most commonly held given name world-wide. It is borne by 782 people.
Sosu is most frequent in Ghana, where it is held by 10,806 people, or 1 in 2,501. Excluding Ghana this last name is found in 39 countries. It is also found 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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