Sotong Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Sotong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 155 | 1:133,994 | 15,044 |
| Thailand | 68 | 1:1,038,799 | 157,648 |
| Indonesia | 52 | 1:2,543,254 | 149,807 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sotong (486) may also be a first name.
Sotong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sotong (Tibetan: སོ་སྟོང་།) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotong? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 866,642nd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 23,282,894 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Sotong are found; 46 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 385,570th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 486 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 133,994. In Cameroon Sotong is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 38 percent live, Centre Region, where 28 percent live and South Region, where 21 percent live. Besides Cameroon it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 22 percent live and Indonesia, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sotong Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sotong in the Tibetan language | ||
| སོ་སྟོང་། | sotong | - |
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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 Sotong
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