Sotwe Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Sotwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sotwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sotwe is found most in Botswana. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sotwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,228,735th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Sotwe live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Sotwe is most common in Botswana, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 78,105. Beside Botswana Sotwe exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sotw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Soetwey | 83 | 4 | / |
| Sotwa | 80 | 80 | / |
| Satwe | 80 | 40 | / |
| Jotwe | 80 | 23 | / |
| Cotwe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Sodwe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Setwe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Xotwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sutwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Southwie | 77 | 0 | / |
| Chotwe | 73 | 296 | / |
| Satwet | 73 | 208 | / |
| Shetwe | 73 | 27 | / |
| Sutwet | 73 | 4 | / |
| Sathwe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Cotwey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Southw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ssutwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sothwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zothwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sethwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sotuea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Southweed | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sutweha | 67 | 62 | / |
| Satw | 67 | 15 | / |
| Chothwe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Satwech | 67 | 2 | / |
| Saetwie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Satweha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Southwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shotway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Southweath | 67 | 0 | / |
| Southwesth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sjutwet | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sotwe
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