Sotowou Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sotowou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotowou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin711:145,57215,253
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603

Sotowou (331) may also be a first name.

Sotowou Last Name Facts

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

Sotowou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sotowou.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotowou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,136,387th most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. Sotowou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sotowou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 481,336th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 331 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 145,572. In Benin Sotowou is most numerous in: Kouffo Department, where 73 percent are found, Mono Department, where 11 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 6 percent are found. Other than Benin it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sotowo9225/
Sotowu927/
Soetowo8642/
Shotowo866/
Zotowou861/
Shotowu861/
Sutowo771,181/
Sotowa77107/
Sotobo7717/
Sotawu7714/
Sotovo772/
Sutowu771/
Sotovu771/
Soutowood752/
Shotowa713/
Sotoová713/
Shotobo712/
Sothobo712/
Sotobho711/
Sohtowa711/
Sotuobo711/
Sottobo711/
Sothowa711/
Sottoway6721/
Soutouba671/

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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 Sotowou
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