Sotirios

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Sotirios is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 90K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 553K
  • CYCyprus1 in 354as Σωτηρης

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sotirios itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,800 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
146 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 84K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SotirisLatin(measured from records)
ΣωτήρηςGreek(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sotiris in GR Greece, CY Cyprus, CN China.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sotirios 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 Sotirios is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈4,800 est.≈1 in 291K—Sotiris3
GR Greece#194≈3,900 est.≈1 in 2.7K24Sotiris123
CY Cyprus#1213,575as Σωτηρης1 in 3543.6KSotiris65
DE Germany—≈890 est.≈1 in 90K—Sotirios80
US United States—6021 in 553K602Sotirios146
AU Australia—≈160 est.≈1 in 158K3Sotirios47
SE Sweden—1211 in 84K121Sotirios17

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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)

Sotirios is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Canada

    Also written Sotírios

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Sōtīrios, Sōtī́rios

  • Russian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Cyprus

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Сотириос, Сотіріос

  • Bulgarian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Croatia

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian

    Also written Сотириос

29 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Sotirios Versis, b. 1876Sotero Aranguren, b. 1894Sam Panopoulos, b. 1934Sotiris Moustakas, b. 1940Sotiris Kaiafas, b. 1949Sotiris Kakisis, b. 1954Sotiris Dimitriou, b. 1955Sotiris Kyrgiakos, b. 1979Sotiris Ninis, b. 1990Sotiris Papagiannopoulos, b. 1990

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 31 sources across 17 countries.

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Sotirios a male or female name?
Sotirios is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Sotirios?
In the etymology graph, Sotiris is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Sotirios have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.8 thousand people named Sotirios in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sotiris.
Where is Sotirios most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sotirios is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 84 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Sotirios?
In the United States, the national register counted 602 people named Sotirios in 2020, about 1 in 553 thousand residents.
How common is Sotirios compared with other names?
In Cyprus, Sotirios is the 121st most common given name of 8,840 given names recorded there.

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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, “Sotirios” — the 121st most common given name in Cyprus. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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