Sotiya Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
Sotiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 448 | 1:120,932 | 14,342 |
| India | 67 | 1:11,448,737 | 210,278 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Sotiya (598) may also be a first name.
Sotiya Demographics
Average Sotiya Salary in
South Africa
R 108,564
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sotiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sotiya (Hindi: सोतिया, Marathi: सोतीया, Russian: Сотия) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 584,278th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 13,596,168 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Sotiya reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sotiya is also the 341,904th most frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 598 people.
The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 448 people, or 1 in 120,932. In South Africa Sotiya is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 46 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 24 percent are found and Western Cape, where 17 percent are found. Apart from South Africa Sotiya occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Sotiya Last Name Statistics demography
Sotiya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.32% less than the national average, earning R 108,564 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sotiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sotiya in the Hindi language | ||
| सोतिया | sotiya | 82.81 |
| सोतीया | sotiya | 9.38 |
| सोटिया | sotiya | 7.81 |
| Sotiya in the Marathi language | ||
| सोतीया | sotiya | 38.46 |
| सोितया | soitaya | 23.08 |
| सोटीया | sotiya | 15.38 |
| सोिटया | soitaya | 15.38 |
| सोतीय | sotiya | 7.69 |
| Sotiya in the Russian language | ||
| Сотия | sotia | - |
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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 Sotiya
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