Soten Surname
Approximately 661 people bear this surname
Soten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 211 | 1:605,897 | 15,932 |
| Papua New Guinea | 187 | 1:43,603 | 5,342 |
| Philippines | 149 | 1:679,451 | 69,999 |
| Indonesia | 63 | 1:2,099,194 | 130,130 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Šoten (1) are calculated separately.
Soten (592) may also be a first name.
Soten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soten (Marathi: सोतेन, Russian: Сотен) is found most frequently in Japan. It may occur as a variant: Šoten. Click here to see other potential spellings of Soten.
How Common Is The Last Name Soten? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 498,439th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,025,032 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Soten live; 32 percent live in Southeast Asia and 32 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 343,796th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 592 people.
Soten is most prevalent in Japan, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 605,897. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Miyagi Prefecture, where 53 percent live, Wakayama Prefecture, where 43 percent live and Aichi Prefecture, where 2 percent live. Apart from Japan it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent live and The Philippines, where 23 percent live.
Soten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Soten has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Soten last name expanded 220 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soten Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soten in the Marathi language | ||
| सोतेन | sotena | - |
| Soten in the Russian language | ||
| Сотен | soten | - |
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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 Soten
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