Sotaya Surname
Approximately 354 people bear this surname
Sotaya Surname User-submission:
The surname means 'great one'. In North-eastern Nigeria the surname belongs to a line of great warriors and hunters.
Sotaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 285 | 1:111,523 | 6,772 |
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sotaya (74) may also be a first name.
Sotaya Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname means 'great one'. In North-eastern Nigeria the surname belongs to a line of great warriors and hunters.
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Average Sotaya Salary in
Peru
S/. 10,832
Per year
Average Salary in
Peru
S/. 19,385
Per year
Sotaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sotaya (Marathi: सोटया, Oriya: େସାଟାୟା, Russian: Сотая) is more commonly found in Peru than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sotaya is the 794,916th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 20,586,288 people. The surname Sotaya occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Sotaya live; 81 percent live in South America and 81 percent live in Andean South America. It is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 74 people.
The surname Sotaya is most frequently held in Peru, where it is carried by 285 people, or 1 in 111,523. In Peru it is most frequent in: Apurímac Region, where 56 percent live, Lima Province, where 26 percent live and Junín Region, where 7 percent live. Other than Peru it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 15 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Sotaya Last Name Statistics demography
Sotaya earn a lot less than the average income. In Peru they earn 44.12% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,832 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sotaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sotaya in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାଟାୟା | esataya | - |
| Sotaya in the Marathi language | ||
| सोटया | sotaya | 80 |
| सोतया | sotaya | 13.33 |
| सोत्या | sotya | 6.67 |
| Sotaya in the Russian language | ||
| Сотая | sotaa | - |
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Footnotes
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