Sotang Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Sotang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 157 | 1:4,885,767 | 123,562 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Lesotho | 20 | 1:101,628 | 11,096 |
| Nepal | 12 | 1:2,373,413 | 8,828 |
| Bhutan | 4 | 1:154,010 | 967 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sotang (127) may also be a first name.
Sotang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sotang (Tibetan: སོ་ཏང་།) is most common in India. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 950,707th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Sotang live; 63 percent live in South Asia and 61 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sotang is also the 825,494th most numerous forename internationally It is held by 127 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 4,885,767. In India it is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 93 percent live, Sikkim, where 3 percent live and Telangana, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account India it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 18 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sotang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sotang in the Tibetan language | ||
| སོ་ཏང་། | sotang | 25 |
| སོ་ཏང་ | sotang | 25 |
| སོ་ཏཱང་། | sotang | 25 |
| སོ་ཏང། | sotang | 25 |
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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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- 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 Sotang
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