Soza Surname
Approximately 36,993 people bear this surname
Soza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua | 19,238 | 1:313 | 70 |
| Chile | 3,701 | 1:4,760 | 616 |
| United States | 2,671 | 1:135,702 | 14,212 |
| Argentina | 1,336 | 1:31,994 | 2,675 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,047 | 1:14,745 | 2,056 |
| Tanzania | 872 | 1:60,713 | 6,512 |
| Guatemala | 867 | 1:18,550 | 1,530 |
| Malawi | 863 | 1:19,837 | 3,086 |
| Mexico | 847 | 1:146,548 | 4,585 |
| Bolivia | 821 | 1:12,931 | 1,286 |
| Honduras | 618 | 1:14,266 | 743 |
| Peru | 548 | 1:58,000 | 4,665 |
| DR Congo | 520 | 1:142,076 | 15,019 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| Ecuador | 437 | 1:36,398 | 4,081 |
| Pakistan | 261 | 1:684,459 | 10,409 |
| Brazil | 254 | 1:842,812 | 30,419 |
| Colombia | 213 | 1:224,291 | 5,169 |
| Costa Rica | 196 | 1:24,388 | 802 |
| Philippines | 189 | 1:535,652 | 61,128 |
| Spain | 184 | 1:254,087 | 16,180 |
| India | 107 | 1:7,168,835 | 157,365 |
| Venezuela | 106 | 1:284,944 | 6,711 |
| Uruguay | 81 | 1:42,367 | 4,826 |
| Canada | 60 | 1:614,093 | 50,489 |
| El Salvador | 55 | 1:115,343 | 1,709 |
| Cuba | 46 | 1:250,494 | 4,862 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| Paraguay | 26 | 1:278,336 | 4,605 |
| Poland | 23 | 1:1,652,554 | 91,394 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Panama | 17 | 1:230,133 | 6,157 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Belize | 10 | 1:35,547 | 2,218 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 61 | 1:823,257 | 50,999 |
The alternate forms: Soža (52) & Söza (1) are calculated separately.
Soza (2,332) may also be a first name.
Soza Demographics
Average Soza Salary in
United States
$37,915 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Soza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soza (Arabic: صوزا, Russian: Соза) is found in Nicaragua more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Soža or Söza. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soza? popularity and diffusion
The last name Soza is the 15,050th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 196,998 people. The last name Soza is mostly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Soza reside; 57 percent reside in Central America and 57 percent reside in Hispano-Central America. Soza is also the 154,059th most common forename worldwide It is held by 2,332 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nicaragua, where it is carried by 19,238 people, or 1 in 313. In Nicaragua Soza is mostly concentrated in: Matagalpa Department, where 28 percent live, Managua Department, where 23 percent live and North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, where 12 percent live. Apart from Nicaragua this last name is found in 81 countries. It also occurs in Chile, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Soza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Soza has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 4,379 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Soza Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Soza last name are 37.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 90.59% registered with the party.
The amount Soza earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 49.34% less than the national average, earning 175,309 kr per year; in Peru they earn 10.7% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,460 per year; in South Africa they earn 81.67% more than the national average, earning R 431,712 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.3% less than the national average, earning $21,044,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.13% less than the national average, earning $37,915 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.34% less than the national average, earning $40,074 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soza in the Russian language | ||
| Соза | soza | - |
| Soza in the Arabic language | ||
| صوزا | swza | - |
| صوزي | swzy | - |
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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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- 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 Soza
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