Sotés

surname · Latin script

Meaning: second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of sotar

Sotés is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 91K(inferred from the name graph)
  • UYUruguay1 in 113K
  • ESSpain1 in 149K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,200 people, est.

Sources
51 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 91K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sotes in PH Philippines, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of sotar

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sotés counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sotés is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈1,200 est.≈1 in 91K—Sotes25
ID Indonesia≈390 est.≈1 in 678K—Sotes1
ES Spain3361 in 149K336Sotes51
AR Argentina761 in 598K76Sotes24
BO Bolivia≈41 est.≈1 in 284K—Sotes8
UY Uruguay301 in 113K30Sotes7

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sotés is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sotes

  • French surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, Canada

    Also written Sotes, Sotès

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Saudi Arabia

    Also written Sotes

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sotes

  • Polish name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sotes

  • Hindi name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sotes

4 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Sotés under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sotés mean, and where does it come from?
second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of sotar Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Sotés have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Sotés in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sotes.
How common is the name Sotés?
In Spain, the national register counted 336 people named Sotés, about 1 in 149 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sotés”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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