Sothmann Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Sothmann Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sothmann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3551:226,77625,315
United States351:10,355,970420,657
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Finland111:499,70030,478
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
China21:683,660,78330,601
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Sothmann (41) may also be a first name.

Sothmann Last Name Facts

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

Sothmann occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sothmann? popularity and diffusion

It is the 649,026th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 15,638,511 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Sothmann live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 41 people.

The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 355 people, or 1 in 226,776. In Germany it is mostly found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 31 percent live, Hamburg, where 26 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent live. Apart from Germany Sothmann is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent live and South Africa, where 5 percent live.

Sothmann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sothmann has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sothmann surname increased 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sothmann Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sothmann surname are 35.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 81.82% registered with the political party.

The amount Sothmann earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.45% more than the national average, earning R 314,748 per year; in United States they earn 34.48% more than the national average, earning $58,025 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.91% less than the national average, earning $43,267 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sothmann
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