Sotoe Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Sotoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Sotoe (231) may also be a first name.
Sotoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sotoe occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotoe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 45 percent of Sotoe are found; 45 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 45 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 590,311th most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 231 people.
It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea Sotoe is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea Sotoe exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 18 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 Sotoe
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