Sotirou Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Sotirou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotirou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece161:692,48777,522
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
England11:55,718,059489,080

Sotirou Last Name Facts

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

Sotirou is carried by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotirou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Sotirou reside; 73 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 73 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

The last name Sotirou is most frequently held in Greece, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 692,487. In Greece Sotirou is mostly found in: Attica, where 94 percent live and Central Macedonia, where 6 percent live. Excluding Greece this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 23 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.

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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 Sotirou
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