Sota is used as a family name or surname in Albania. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sota
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Albania
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sota

How popular is Sota?

Sota is common in Albania.

Sota is ranked 47213 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sotas grew by 16.75676 per cent to 432 since 2000 and ranked 48800 after elevating 3808 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 55.09 53.24
White 32.87 38.11
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 8.8 4.59
Black 1.85 0
Sota is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Albania is ahead in terms of density. Around 10145 people have been found who wears Sota as their family name. Sota is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
16,722 Nigeria8
13,220 Thailand6
3,044 Zambia4
479 Burundi3
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
28,083 Romania2
2,617 Cambodia2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
21,929 Algeria2
10,395 Latvia2
4,781 Malawi2
219,873 France2
54,135 Philippines2
7,314 Bolivia1
19,810 Croatia1
165,773 Belarus1
118,015 Netherlands1
50,549 Georgia1
31,207 Ireland1
49,529 Israel1
16,640 Hong Kong1
17,236 Ghana1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
11,486 Estonia1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
36,678 Singapore1
53,505 Turkey1
9,498 Iceland1
90,903 Moldova1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
92,266 Ukraine46
65,779 Canada44
39,063 Czech Republic31
3,329 Japan21
20,800 Serbia15
120,934 Australia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
137,153 Russia77
12,007 Chile72
64,420 England54
Countries with hundreds of Sota:
5,460 Spain787
11,777 Argentina463
62,832 United States402
31,115 Brazil382
17,922 Poland334
2,616 Portugal231
18,581 Tanzania231
40,848 Italy202
43,624 South Africa110
76,626 Indonesia109
Countries with thousands of Sota:
18,513 India2,308
2,238 Peru1,653
4,936 Mexico1,256
391 Albania1,153
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Vincenzo Sota worked as shoemaker and hailed from Italy. 25 years old embarked for New York from Genoa, Gibraltar & Naples on Columbia and arrived on March 23, 1897.

Comments

C
Clarita Rayo
 The origin of the name is Basque there are several etymological possibilities for this surname - either it comes from the agglutination of the word zot and suffix which means the place of clods - either it comes from the word meaning zotal: agricultural burning; and by extension the place where we practice slash and burn - whether it comes from the Latin meaning saltus: the throat; the parade this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Sota Namesakes

  • Adelia María Moriconi de De la Sota, José Manuel de la Sota's mother
  • Arto Sotavalta, Musician
  • Isidoro Sota, Soccer player
  • Ramón Sota, Golfer
  • Ramón Sota, Golfer
  • Ramón Sota, Golfer
  • Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Artist
  • Ramón Sota, Golfer
  • José Manuel de la Sota, Argentine Politician
  • Ernesto Sota, Soccer player

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