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་།) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotong? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 866,642nd most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 50 percent of Sotong live; 46 percent live in Southeast Asia and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 385,570th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 486 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 133,994. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 38 percent reside, Centre Region, where 28 percent reside and South Region, where 21 percent reside. Beside Cameroon Sotong occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 22 percent reside and Indonesia, where 17 percent reside.
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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