Sotra Surname
Approximately 1,062 people bear this surname
Sotra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 608 | 1:1,261,621 | 49,995 |
| Algeria | 171 | 1:225,916 | 25,485 |
| Pakistan | 129 | 1:1,384,836 | 15,599 |
| Thailand | 103 | 1:685,809 | 114,410 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Serbia | 7 | 1:1,020,707 | 29,076 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Montenegro | 4 | 1:159,891 | 5,521 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Šotra (128) are calculated separately.
Sotra (393) may also be a first name.
Sotra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sotra (Hindi: सोत्रा) is found most frequently in India. It can appear as: Šotra. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sotra.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotra? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sotra is the 344,897th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,862,096 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Sotra live; 69 percent live in South Asia and 65 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sotra is also the 436,161st most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 393 people.
Sotra is most widespread in India, where it is held by 608 people, or 1 in 1,261,621. In India it is most common in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 92 percent live, Maharashtra, where 2 percent live and Delhi, where 2 percent live. Other than India this surname exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 16 percent live and Pakistan, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sotra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sotra in the Hindi language | ||
| सोत्रा | sotra | 87.5 |
| सोतरा | sotara | 12.5 |
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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 Sotra
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