Shofoluwe Surname

372,836th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 962 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Shofoluwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shofoluwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9181:192,96611,669
England261:2,143,00282,017
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Shofoluwe (14) may also be a first name.

Shofoluwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shofoluwe is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shofoluwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 372,836th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 7,575,412 people. Shofoluwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Shofoluwe are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held forename internationally It is held by 14 people.

Shofoluwe is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 918 people, or 1 in 192,966. In Nigeria Shofoluwe is most numerous in: Lagos, where 56 percent live, Ogun, where 31 percent live and Oyo, where 4 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Shofoluwe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shofoluwe last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Shofoluwe earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.34% less than the national average, earning $41,708 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shofoluwue953/
Shofoluewe951/
Sofoluwe941,178/
Shofoluwa899/
Shofolowe895/
Shofuluwe893/
Shofeluwe891/
Sofoluw881/
Sofoluwa827/
Sofuluwe826/
Sofolowe821/
Sefoluwe821/
Shofolubi784/
Shofulubi675/

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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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  • 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 Shofoluwe
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