Sotayo Surname
Approximately 1,120 people bear this surname
Sotayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,076 | 1:164,631 | 10,300 |
| Peru | 27 | 1:1,177,190 | 20,369 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Sotayo (46) may also be a first name.
Sotayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sotayo is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sotayo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotayo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 330,612th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,506,737 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sotayo are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 46 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,076 people, or 1 in 164,631. In Nigeria Sotayo is mostly found in: Ogun, where 69 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Oyo, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Sotayo
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