Sóstenes Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Sóstenes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Sostenes (10,091) & Sòstenes (1) are calculated separately.
Sóstenes (89) may also be a first name.
Sóstenes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sóstenes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sóstenes is found most frequently in Brazil. It may also be found in the variant forms: Sostenes or Sòstenes. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sóstenes? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Sóstenes is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Sóstenes are found; 79 percent are found in South America and 79 percent are found in Luso-South America. Sóstenes is also the 1,011,231st most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 89 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 19,461,303. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Pernambuco, where 45 percent are found, Bahia, where 18 percent are found and Mato Grosso do Sul, where 9 percent are found. Other than Brazil this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sostenes | 96 | 10,091 | / |
| Sòstenes | 96 | 1 | / |
| Sustenes | 88 | 3 | / |
| Sastenes | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sosthenes | 82 | 9,886 | / |
| Sosteness | 82 | 103 | / |
| Sostenese | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sostheness | 78 | 428 | / |
| Sostehenes | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sostenez | 75 | 67 | / |
| Sustines | 75 | 60 | / |
| Sostines | 75 | 12 | / |
| Zostenes | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sostynes | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sostenis | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sostenece | 71 | 5 | / |
| Chostenes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sosthenez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shostenys | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chastenest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zostenez | 63 | 2 | / |
| Sustinis | 63 | 1 | / |
| Chastenez | 59 | 38 | / |
| Chastenais | 56 | 44 | / |
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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 Sóstenes
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