Sotowa Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Sotowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 92 | 1:1,389,612 | 23,539 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Sotowa (27) may also be a first name.
Sotowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sotowa is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotowa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,775,494th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Sotowa reside; 86 percent reside in East Asia and 86 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 27 people.
The surname Sotowa is most frequent in Japan, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 1,389,612. In Japan it is primarily found in: Aomori Prefecture, where 78 percent reside and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 21 percent reside. Other than Japan this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 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 Sotowa
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