Sotavento Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Sotavento Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotavento Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines441:2,300,869126,392
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792

Sotavento Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sotavento occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotavento? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,689,253rd most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname Sotavento occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Sotavento are found; 85 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 85 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name Sotavento is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 2,300,869. In The Philippines Sotavento is most prevalent in: Central Visayas, where 73 percent are found, Davao Region, where 18 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 8 percent are found and Mexico, where 6 percent are found.

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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 Sotavento
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