Sotashe Surname

495,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 666 people bear this surname

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

Sotashe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotashe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6641:81,59310,068
England21:27,859,030389,889

Sotashe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sotashe is found most in South Africa. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sotashe.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotashe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sotashe is the 495,560th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,942,261 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sotashe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Sotashe is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 664 people, or 1 in 81,593. In South Africa Sotashe is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 47 percent live, Western Cape, where 27 percent live and Gauteng, where 17 percent live. Outside of South Africa Sotashe is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live.

Sotashe Last Name Statistics demography

Sotashe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.27% less than the national average, earning R 144,324 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 Sotashe
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