Sosua Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Sosua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Sosua (15) may also be a first name.
Sosua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sosua occurs more in The Dominican Republic more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,530,696th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Sosua live; 40 percent live in Caribbean and 40 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 15 people.
It is most commonly used in The Dominican Republic, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 453,606. Without taking into account The Dominican Republic this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 34 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Sosua
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