Sotonwa Surname

501,369th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 656 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Sotonwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotonwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6311:280,73315,864
England131:4,286,005132,302
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sotonwa Last Name Facts

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

Sotonwa occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotonwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 501,369th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,109,064 people. Sotonwa is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sotonwa reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 631 people, or 1 in 280,733. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ogun, where 48 percent are found, Lagos, where 31 percent are found and Oyo, where 7 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shotonwa93437/
Sotounwa9316/
Sottonwa931/
Sotonwea931/
Shotounwa8817/
Sotounwaa883/
Sothonwat882/
Sotanwa86156/
Sotunwa8621/
Shotanwa80153/
Shotunwa8017/
Sothonwit7510/
Sattonwaha71501/
Sotonbo715/
Sotunwi711/
Soetonve6747/
Shotanba6713/
Satanwat676/
Shotanwo672/
Satanwai671/
Sotoynbo671/

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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 Sotonwa
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