Sotwa Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Sotwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe761:203,13523,436
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
England11:55,718,059489,080

Sotwa (13) may also be a first name.

Sotwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sotwa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sotwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,106,139th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name Sotwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sotwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sotwa is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 13 people.

The surname Sotwa is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 203,135. In Zimbabwe Sotwa is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 57 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent reside and Harare Province, where 17 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Sotwa Last Name Statistics demography

Sotwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 90.65% less than the national average, earning R 22,212 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sothwa911/
Sostwa911/
Southwa831/
Shotway831/
Zotwa80118/
Sodwa8092/
Sotwe8037/
Satwa8020/
Setwa8018/
Sotua8015/
Sutwa803/
Jotwa801/
Southway77267/
Saetwa7396/
Satwah7347/
Zothwa7346/
Shetwa7327/
Soutua7317/
Sotuha7316/
Satwai737/
Sathwa732/
Sattwa732/
Soudwa732/
Siatwa731/
Shutwa731/
Sostua731/
Sotwou731/
Suutwa731/
Sootua731/
Sotuat731/
Sethwa731/
Setwai731/
Sotuea731/
Chotwa731/
Sodwah731/
Shatwa731/
Satway731/
Satwad731/
Southwath710/
Satwaha67199/
Sutweha6762/
Soedhwa6750/
Shutway6725/
Cootway6725/
Soodwah6719/
Soetwey674/
Sathwai673/
Sehtwah671/
Satways671/
Chothwa671/
Choitwa671/
Satweha671/
Zoetwah671/
Shatwaz671/
Shutwaz671/
Zothwua671/
Shathwa671/
Shetway671/
Southweath670/
Coutway670/

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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 Sotwa
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