Shofolahan Surname

451,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 753 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Shofolahan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shofolahan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7191:246,37414,264
England291:1,921,31276,208
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Shofolahan (15) may also be a first name.

Shofolahan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shofolahan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Shofolahan is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shofolahan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shofolahan is the 451,199th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 9,678,016 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Shofolahan live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held forename on earth It is held by 15 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 719 people, or 1 in 246,374. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 53 percent are found, Ogun, where 38 percent are found and Oyo, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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
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  • 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 Shofolahan
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