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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotayo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 330,612th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 6,506,737 people. The last name Sotayo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sotayo live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 46 people.
Sotayo is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,076 people, or 1 in 164,631. In Nigeria Sotayo is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 69 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Oyo, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found 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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