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
Sotra (Hindi: सोत्रा) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Šotra. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotra? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 344,897th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,862,096 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Sotra reside; 69 percent reside in South Asia and 65 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sotra is also the 436,161st most widespread forename on earth It is held by 393 people.
Sotra is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 608 people, or 1 in 1,261,621. In India Sotra is mostly found in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 92 percent live, Maharashtra, where 2 percent live and Delhi, where 2 percent live. Besides India this last name is found 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
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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 Sotra
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