Sotun Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Sotun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Sotun (19) may also be a first name.
Sotun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sotun (Arabic: ساوتون) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sotun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Sotun are found; 43 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 43 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sotun is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 19 people.
This last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 44,083,065. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: North Sumatra, where 100 percent live. Barring Indonesia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and Belgium, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sotun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sotun in the Arabic language | ||
| ساوتون | sawtwn | - |
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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 Sotun
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