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
Sosua is held by more people in The Dominican Republic than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. 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 frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Sosua are found; 40 percent are found in Caribbean and 40 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 15 people.
The last name Sosua is most commonly occurring in The Dominican Republic, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 453,606. Outside of The Dominican Republic it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 34 percent live and The United States, where 14 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 Sosua
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