Sotaniemi Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Sotaniemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sotaniemi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1221:45,0555,566
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Sotaniemi Last Name Facts

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

Sotaniemi occurs most in Finland. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotaniemi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,511,557th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Sotaniemi reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 92 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Sotaniemi is most frequently held in Finland, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 45,055. In Finland it is most numerous in: Lapland, where 44 percent are found, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 30 percent are found and Uusimaa, where 19 percent are found. Besides Finland this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 6 percent are found and Sweden, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Satanimi8275/
Sotaneme821/
Juotasniemi80186/
Satoniemi785/
Shatanimi781/
Satanimit781/
Sutaneme71155/
Satanime711/
Sataname598/
Zutaneme598/
Satanamee561/
Schottenheime551/
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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 Sotaniemi
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