Shobola Surname
Approximately 1,266 people bear this surname
Shobola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,221 | 1:145,080 | 9,240 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
Shobola (45) may also be a first name.
Shobola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shobola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shobola is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shobola? popularity and diffusion
It is the 300,337th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,756,355 people. The surname Shobola occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shobola are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shobola is also the 1,504,468th most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 45 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,221 people, or 1 in 145,080. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 50 percent are found, Ogun, where 41 percent are found and Oyo, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Shobola exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shobola
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