Sotoma Surname
Approximately 7,464 people bear this surname
Sotoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 7,398 | 1:17,281 | 2,047 |
| Brazil | 50 | 1:4,281,487 | 114,765 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sotoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sotoma (Hindi: सोतोमा) is most common in Japan. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotoma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 66,748th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 976,359 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sotoma live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The surname is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 7,398 people, or 1 in 17,281. In Japan Sotoma is most frequent in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 88 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 4 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Japan this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Argentina, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sotoma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sotoma in the Hindi language | ||
| सोतोमा | sotoma | - |
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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 Sotoma
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