Sotto-Maior Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sotto-Maior Surname
For the meaning of this name, see: Sotto.
The meaning of this surname is not listed.
Sotto-Maior Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Sotto-Maior Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotto-Maior Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sotto-Maior is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sotto-Maior.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotto-Maior? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sotto-Maior is the 6,723,624th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Sotto-Maior occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Sotto-Maior live; 88 percent live in South America and 88 percent live in Luso-South America.
It is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 30,582,047. In Brazil Sotto-Maior is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 43 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 29 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 14 percent live. Excluding Brazil this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Portugal, where 13 percent live.
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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 Sotto-Maior
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