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 Male Soza Height
172.34 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Soza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soza (Arabic: صوزا, Russian: Соза) is carried by more people in Nicaragua than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Soža or Söza. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,050th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 196,998 people. The last name is primarily 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 frequent forename world-wide, held by 2,332 people.
It is most commonly held in Nicaragua, where it is carried by 19,238 people, or 1 in 313. In Nicaragua it is mostly found in: Matagalpa Department, where 28 percent reside, Managua Department, where 23 percent reside and North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Nicaragua this last name exists in 81 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Soza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Soza has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Soza last name rose 4,379 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Soza Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Soza are 37.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90.59% being registered to vote for 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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