Last Name SOSNOW

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Meaning	Male name SOSNOW is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origins 'СОСНОВ' (for the male) and 'СОСНОВА' (for its female versions). Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic versions of these names. Male versions of the name: 'SOSNOV' 'SOSNOW' 'SOSNOFF' Female versions of the name: 'SOSNOVA' 'SOSNOWA' .

Origin	Russian, Ukrainian

Rank	147,095 (2000 US census)

Count	103 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

99%, or 102 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...