Sotoura Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Sotoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 123 | 1:1,039,384 | 20,447 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Sotoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sotoura is found most in Japan. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sotoura click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotoura? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,612,213th most common last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sotoura reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
This surname is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 1,039,384. In Japan Sotoura is most prevalent in: Kumamoto Prefecture, where 48 percent reside, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 23 percent reside and Iwate Prefecture, where 17 percent reside. Not including Japan Sotoura exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Sotoura
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