Sotaka Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Latvia

Sotaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1691:320,57830,241
Latvia231:89,13212,995
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Sotaka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sotaka is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotaka? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sotaka is the 1,194,481st most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. Sotaka occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Sotaka reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 320,578. In South Africa Sotaka is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent reside, Gauteng, where 18 percent reside and Western Cape, where 12 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 12 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.

Sotaka Last Name Statistics demography

Sotaka earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.71% less than the national average, earning R 159,912 per year.

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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 Sotaka
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