Sotinwa Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Sotinwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 220 | 1:805,194 | 35,881 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Sotinwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotinwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sotinwa occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotinwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 978,274th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. The surname Sotinwa is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Sotinwa are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 220 people, or 1 in 805,194. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ogun, where 63 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Oyo, where 15 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shotinwa | 93 | 58 | / |
| Sonwa | 83 | 1,739 | / |
| Sonwai | 77 | 1,378 | / |
| Sonway | 77 | 79 | / |
| Sonwad | 77 | 10 | / |
| Sonwah | 77 | 9 | / |
| Sounwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shonwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sonhwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sonwua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sianwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shonhwa | 71 | 13 | / |
| Shonwua | 71 | 9 | / |
| Sonwaiz | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sounwea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soonhwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sonwais | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sionwaz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sotimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sonways | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sonwhea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sonwahe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sanwa | 67 | 3,012 | / |
| Somwa | 67 | 227 | / |
| Chotinwi | 67 | 83 | / |
| Sonba | 67 | 49 | / |
| Sonva | 67 | 32 | / |
| Sonwo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Satinbay | 67 | 12 | / |
| Shoonwua | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sonua | 67 | 9 | / |
| Shoinbay | 67 | 5 | / |
| Soonwaah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sohnwhea | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sotinwa
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