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
Soza (Arabic: صوزا, Russian: Соза) is carried by more people in Nicaragua than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Soža or Söza. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Soza? popularity and diffusion
Soza is the 15,050th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 196,998 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Soza are found; 57 percent are found in Central America and 57 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. Soza is also the 154,059th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 2,332 people.
Soza is most common in Nicaragua, where it is borne by 19,238 people, or 1 in 313. In Nicaragua it is mostly found in: Matagalpa Department, where 28 percent are found, Managua Department, where 23 percent are found and North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Nicaragua Soza is found in 81 countries. It also occurs in Chile, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Soza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Soza has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Soza surname increased 4,379 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Soza Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Soza surname are 37.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90.59% being registered to vote for the political 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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