Shofela Surname
Approximately 787 people bear this surname
Shofela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 767 | 1:230,955 | 13,515 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
Shofela (46) may also be a first name.
Shofela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shofela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shofela is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shofela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 436,213th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,259,906 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Shofela are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shofela is also the 1,484,914th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 46 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 767 people, or 1 in 230,955. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 53 percent are found, Ogun, where 37 percent are found and Oyo, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, 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 Shofela
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