Sotomayo Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Sotomayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotomayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Sotomayo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sotomayo is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotomayo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Sotomayo live; 45 percent live in South America and 27 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Sotomayo is primarily found in: California, where 33 percent are found, New Jersey, where 33 percent are found and New York, where 33 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 18 percent are found and Argentina, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sotomayos943/
Sotomayot941/
Sotemayo881/
Sotomoyo881/
Sotomaya881/
Sotomea80309/
Sotomey80196/
Sotomou801/
Sotomuy801/
Sotomiya752/
Soutaumay711/
Satomaa67156/
Sotamaa6769/
Satamay6723/
Satumay6715/
Zotomey6710/
Cotomau678/
Zotomou671/
Sotomui671/
Setomey671/

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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 Sotomayo
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