Sotaba Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sotaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

Sotaba (3) may also be a first name.

Sotaba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sotaba Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sotaba has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotaba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sotaba is the 10,311,814th most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Sotaba reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 7,463,778th most frequently occurring forename on earth, borne by 3 people.

The last name Sotaba is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa Sotaba is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent live and Western Cape, where 50 percent live. Excluding South Africa it occurs in one country. It is also found in Colombia, where 33 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 Sotaba
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