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
Sotong (Tibetan: སོ་སྟོང་།) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotong? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sotong is the 866,642nd most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 23,282,894 people. The surname Sotong is mostly found 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. Sotong is also the 385,570th most commonly occurring forename internationally, borne by 486 people.
The surname Sotong is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 133,994. In Cameroon Sotong is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 38 percent are found, Centre Region, where 28 percent are found and South Region, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon Sotong exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 22 percent are found and Indonesia, where 17 percent are found.
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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