Sotero Surname
Approximately 22,579 people bear this surname
Sotero Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 9,194 | 1:23,284 | 1,066 |
| Mexico | 7,067 | 1:17,564 | 1,433 |
| Philippines | 2,657 | 1:38,102 | 5,886 |
| Peru | 1,579 | 1:20,129 | 2,349 |
| United States | 663 | 1:546,695 | 45,249 |
| Portugal | 321 | 1:32,456 | 2,021 |
| Cuba | 221 | 1:52,139 | 2,102 |
| Italy | 197 | 1:310,440 | 38,554 |
| Dominican Republic | 154 | 1:67,746 | 3,226 |
| Argentina | 140 | 1:305,310 | 24,356 |
| Spain | 101 | 1:462,891 | 23,948 |
| Colombia | 73 | 1:654,439 | 7,823 |
| Venezuela | 43 | 1:702,420 | 11,917 |
| Ecuador | 38 | 1:418,575 | 10,137 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:221,038 | 13,576 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 1:507,163 | 3,435 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Nicaragua | 5 | 1:1,204,218 | 5,298 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Sotéro (7) are calculated separately.
Sotero (35,217) may also be a first name.
Sotero Demographics
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Sotero Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotero Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sotero is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Sotéro. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotero? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sotero is the 23,961st most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 322,758 people. Sotero occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Sotero live; 49 percent live in South America and 41 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 24,613th most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 35,217 people.
The last name Sotero is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 9,194 people, or 1 in 23,284. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 18 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 13 percent live and Pernambuco, where 11 percent live. Besides Brazil this last name is found in 46 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 31 percent live and The Philippines, where 12 percent live.
Sotero Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sotero has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sotero last name increased 6,027 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sotero Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sotero last name are 45.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 98.33% registered with the party.
The amount Sotero earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 51.92% less than the national average, earning €14,437 per year; in Peru they earn 9.58% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,528 per year; in Colombia they earn 14.09% more than the national average, earning $25,900,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.37% less than the national average, earning $42,557 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.91% less than the national average, earning $41,777 CAD per year.
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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
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- 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
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