Sotely Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sotely Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotely Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Sotely Last Name Facts

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

Sotely is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotely? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. Sotely is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sotely live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Sotely is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania it is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 90 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania Sotely occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Soteloy921/
Shoteily864/
Sotela831,207/
Soteli83866/
Sotele83263/
Sately831/
Sattely7764/
Sottele7753/
Sotelio7722/
Sotteli7717/
Shoteli7713/
Zottely777/
Soutele775/
Sathely773/
Soteles773/
Shotela773/
Sotilyo772/
Sotelet772/
Sottela771/
Siotele771/
Satiely771/
Soutela771/
Suthely770/
Shotheli71125/
Sathelly7164/
Shothele715/
Sothilay713/
Choteley712/
Choutely712/
Sottelie711/
Shothela711/
Sothelli711/
Sosteele711/
Saathely711/
Satteley710/
Sutela67604/
Satele67560/
Sotile67312/
Sotili67168/
Sateli67136/
Satela6787/
Zoteli6736/
Sotila6728/
Zotele6719/
Sutily678/
Sutele676/
Saathelly673/
Suteli672/
Szachtely671/
Satthiely670/
Shutesley670/

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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 Sotely
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