Sotobe Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sotobe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotobe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1271:426,59636,772
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Benin21:5,167,80184,334

Sotobe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sotobe is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotobe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,537,949th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname Sotobe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sotobe live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Sotobe is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 426,596. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 57 percent are found, Gauteng, where 22 percent are found and Western Cape, where 17 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.

Sotobe Last Name Statistics demography

Sotobe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.67% less than the national average, earning R 100,584 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Soutoube861/
Sotobi83119/
Sotove8379/
Sotowe8338/
Setobe838/
Satobe835/
Sotoba831/
Shotobi7798/
Soutube771/
Cotobei771/
Sietobe771/
Siotoba771/
Djotoïbe714/
Djotoibe714/
Sotohoue712/
Soutouba711/
Sethobei711/
Setebe67576/
Satoba67207/
Satobi6729/
Satabe6719/
Sotovy6713/
Sutabe6710/
Setobi679/
Djoutoibe674/
Satove674/
Sotaba673/
Satebe672/
Satowe672/
Sutobi672/
Jatobe671/
Catobe671/
Sotawe671/
Sotave671/
Sotovè671/

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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 Sotobe
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