The Sot surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 194 people carried this name — #94,311 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 192 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sot surname
From sotać or socić.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sot» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
647 people named Sot have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 721 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 100 people named Sot.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Aube.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Sot live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Sot,
with a public archive behind them.
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Michel Sot 1942– · historian
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Richard E. Sot 1948– · university teacher
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sot.
- Sorondo 228 · U.S. census
- Sorrel 259 · U.S. census
- Sorrenti 373 · U.S. census
- Sorrentino 4,956 · U.S. census
- Sory 258 · U.S. census
- Sosnowski 1,844 · U.S. census
- Soter 553 · U.S. census
- Soto 144,451 · U.S. census
- Sottile 1,415 · U.S. census
- Sotto 649 · U.S. census
- Sou 982 · U.S. census
- Souchet 132 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Sot is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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