Shofoyeke Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Shofoyeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Shofoyeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shofoyeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shofoyeke is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shofoyeke? popularity and diffusion
Shofoyeke is the 3,602,217th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. Shofoyeke is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shofoyeke reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Shofoyeke is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Shofoyeke is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 85 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 7 percent live and Botswana, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sofoyeke | 94 | 22 | / |
| Shofowoke | 78 | 12 | / |
| Shefeke | 75 | 4 | / |
| Shifeke | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shofowokee | 74 | 1 | / |
| Schoffke | 71 | 7 | / |
| Shfek | 71 | 3 | / |
| Shafek | 67 | 3,906 | / |
| Shfeeq | 67 | 417 | / |
| Shofik | 67 | 45 | / |
| Shefke | 67 | 40 | / |
| Shifke | 67 | 25 | / |
| Shfeek | 67 | 21 | / |
| Shovek | 67 | 14 | / |
| Shafyk | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shifek | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shevke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shifok | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shafke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shofeq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shovayekh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sofeeq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scheffeke | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shoffk | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Shofoyeke
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