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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shofela? popularity and diffusion
Shofela is the 436,213th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 9,259,906 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Shofela live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shofela is also the 1,484,914th most frequent given name at a global level, held by 46 people.
Shofela is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 767 people, or 1 in 230,955. In Nigeria Shofela is most frequent in: Lagos, where 53 percent live, Ogun, where 37 percent live and Oyo, where 6 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
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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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